National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has jammed signals from Radio Biafra so as to stop further broadcasting.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan said this in Abuja not long after she had briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the ministry.
She said “Right now the signals from radio Biafra has been jammed successfully by the NBC.
“The commission is also working with security agencies to get those behind that radio because it is an illegal radio, it is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwaves in Nigeria.”
She also added that Information Centres abroad will be re-opened to improve the image of the country.
She said “The Federal Ministry of Information went to tell Mr. President what we have been doing, the major activities in the ministry which are geared towards publicity of government programmes and how we get the feed back from Nigerians which influences policy decisions.
“We also talked to him about the nine parastatal that are under the ministry, the work they are doing and some of the challenges they face.
“We are happy with the response we got and the concerns of Mr. President on the work we are doing, especially the publicity aspect.
“He wants us to intensify publicity because he wants every Nigerian to know about the policies and programmes of this government.”