{"id":346913,"date":"2017-08-22T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T11:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=346913"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:50:56","slug":"nigerian-govt-bans-davidos-fall-if-3-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/nigerian-govt-bans-davidos-fall-if-3-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian gov\u2019t bans Davido\u2019s \u2018Fall,\u2019 \u2018If,\u2019 3 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Henceforth, Nigerians will not be hearing Davido\u2019s \u2018If\u2019, \u2018Fall,\u2019 and three other Nigerian hit songs on their airwaves, Citi Showbiz has learnt.<\/p>\n<p>According naijaloaded.com.ng, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Broadcasting Corporation has banned Davido\u2019s two hit songs, Olamide\u2019s \u2018Wo\u2019 and \u2018Wavy Level,\u2019 and \u2018Living Things\u2019 by 9ice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ban.jpg\" alt=\"ban\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comes a few days after Nigeria&#8217;s Federal Ministry of Health openly aired it displeasure about visuals to \u2018Wo.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In its own opinion, the video portrays a bad message that encourages second-hand smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to its Twitter account, the ministry revealed that \u2018Wo\u2019 which featured a line where Olamide mentions cigarettes, contravenes Nigeria\u2019s laws on Tobacco advertising, promotion &amp; sponsorship. The risks from this include cancers, respiratory &amp; cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public is informed of the dangerous public health content &amp; violation of Tobacco Ctrl Act 2015 in \u201cWo\u201d by @olamide YBNL #ClearTheAir,\u201d they tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>They followed up with these tweets:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346918 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nn-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"nn-1-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The general public who were not pleased with the ministry\u2019s decision also expressed their dissatisfaction through these tweets:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346920 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"627\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Falz had earlier called out music acts who entertain lavish lifestyles and also fraud. In view of Falz comment, 9ice\u2019s \u2018Living Things,\u2019 was the major talking point.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear what about Davido\u2019s songs may have called for their ban by the National Broadcasting Corporation but this gesture shows the NBC\u2019s resolve to sanitise the lyrical content and visuals of Nigerian music.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Davido\u2019s \u2018Fall\u2019 in the link below:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Iyuym-Gci0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henceforth, Nigerians will not be hearing Davido\u2019s \u2018If\u2019, \u2018Fall,\u2019 and three other Nigerian hit songs on their airwaves, Citi Showbiz has learnt. According naijaloaded.com.ng, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Broadcasting Corporation has banned Davido\u2019s two hit songs, Olamide\u2019s \u2018Wo\u2019 and \u2018Wavy Level,\u2019 and \u2018Living Things\u2019 by 9ice. This comes a few days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[623,957,3,10406,852],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian gov\u2019t bans Davido\u2019s \u2018Fall,\u2019 \u2018If,\u2019 3 others - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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