Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Days after controversial intimate moments between Big Brother Naija housemates, activist lawyer Maduabuchi Idam has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately ban or strictly regulate the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show.

Mr Idam made this call in a petition addressed to NBC's Director General and titled "Urgent need to ban or regulate the content of the television programme described as 'Big Brother Naija' for obscene, indecent, and profane content, under the NBC Act 1999," and made available on his Facebook page.

According to the lawyer, the reality show BBNaija is airing real-time explicit and pornographic content freely on television and social media, which contradicts the ...