{"id":527077,"date":"2025-04-15T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/an\/?p=527077"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:12:59","slug":"nigeria-les-autorites-interdisent-une-chanson-jugee-critique-au-president-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/nigeria-les-autorites-interdisent-une-chanson-jugee-critique-au-president-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: authorities ban song deemed critical of President Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nigerian authorities have banned the broadcast of the song <em>Tell Your Papa<\/em> by rapper Eedris Abdulkareem, deeming it too harsh toward President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the country\u2019s broadcast media to stop airing the track, calling its content \u201cunacceptable,\u201d according to <em>The Punch<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision is based on a provision of the Broadcasting Code that prohibits content considered \u201cinappropriate, offensive, or contrary to public decency.\u201d However, it is primarily the political charge of the song that appears to have sparked concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Tell Your Papa<\/em>, Eedris Abdulkareem addresses President Tinubu\u2019s son, Seyi Tinubu, after the latter referred to his father as \u201cthe greatest president in Nigeria\u2019s history.\u201d The rapper offers a far less flattering depiction, highlighting the country\u2019s deteriorating living conditions and urging Seyi to confront his father about the suffering of Nigerians: poverty, insecurity, shortages. \u201cPeople are dying,\u201d he raps in a mix of Yoruba, English, and Pidgin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outburst or communication misstep?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On social media, Abdulkareem condemned the move as an attempt to silence dissent: \u201cIn Nigeria, telling the truth is still considered a serious crime.\u201d He urged citizens to listen to the track online, thereby bypassing the censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A counterproductive move? For Pretty Okafor, president of the Performing Musicians Employers\u2019 Association of Nigeria (PMAN), the NBC\u2019s decision is a \u201cmajor mistake\u201d: \u201cThose who had never heard of the song will now go looking for it and share it. It\u2019s going to go viral.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Eedris Abdulkareem has clashed with the authorities. In 2003, his song <em>Jaga jaga<\/em>, which denounced corruption and state failure, was banned by then-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Yet the track went on to become a popular anthem in the streets of Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian authorities have banned the broadcast of the song Tell Your Papa by rapper Eedris Abdulkareem, deeming it too harsh toward President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the country\u2019s broadcast media to stop airing the track, calling its content \u201cunacceptable,\u201d according to The Punch newspaper. 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