The Zonal Director of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mrs Jumoke Ogini, in her address cautioned all television stations across the country ahead of 2019 General Elections.

In her words: "The television stations should refrain from broadcasting any material that has hate speech and they must ensure it does not have any inciting statement or comment. Anything can happen within a second, if you broadcast anything that is inciting or that has hate speech. It may lead to a situation whereby many people will be killed.

"For us at NBC, we will ensure an unbiased monitoring. We also believe our operarives in radio and television stations will be fair in their reportage."

"I also use this opportunity to advise reporters that when they are covering elections, they should not announce election results. The only accredited agency that is allowed to announce election results is INEC.

"In the NBC code, there's a rule that says 24 hours to the poll, an officer that is contesting an election can go out and perform his duties, but you cannot use your party insignia. You cannot use your party logo. So, television stations should watch out for this because NBC will be on the look out for it. If you broadcast any party logo within 24 hours to the election, NBC will sanction you. I also urge the candidate to talk to their follwers to allow peace to reign."