Nigeria, March 6 -- The Chief Executive Officer of NetNaija, Emmanuel Analike, has been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges bordering on copyright infringement and remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending a ruling on his bail application.

Mr Analike established Netnaija Media Enterprises in 2019 as a sole proprietor specialising in internet services. The company's platform, Netnaija, became one of Nigeria's most visited entertainment websites, offering downloads of films, music, and videos to a broad audience.

However, Mr Analike appeared before Justice Suleiman Liman on Wednesday following a suit filed by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), which accused him of possessing, reproducing and distributi...