Tag: piracy
Association urges Nigerian Govt. to strengthen anti-piracy laws
Mr Yemi Adebiyi, the Chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Lagos State chapter, on Monday called on the Federal Government…
Nollywood’s growth is hampered by impostors, pirates – Mr Ibu
Award winning actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, says the activities of pirates, has impacted negatively on movie productions in…
NCC seizes 28 containers of pirated works
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), says 28 shipping containers comprising pirated books and audio-visual works were confiscated from 2011 to…
Task Force Nabs Nollywood Movie Piracy Suspects
Newly inaugurated task force have carried out a raid at about 1.30am on Monday, on uncensored and unclassified movies by…
Federal Government to stamp out piracy – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed declared on Monday in Abuja that the Federal Government is walking…
IG endorses creation of Anti-Piracy Units
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Monday in Abuja endorsed the setting up of Anti-Piracy Unit in…
Piracy: Producer urges Govt to establish cinemas to act
Mr Sunny-Ken Awoji, Vice Chairman of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Abuja Chapter, has called on governments at all…
Filmmaker Calls For Merger Against Piracy
A filmmaker, Denso Odukwe on Thursday called for the merging of distribution and marketing of films and music to strengthen…
Piracy: Nigerian Copyright Commission raids Alaba market
In line with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) ongoing fight against piracy and intellectual property theft, the commission carried out…
Entertainers get respite as FG tackles piracy big time
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said his ministry would work with the relevant agencies…
Data, piracy could be problem for Netflix in Nigeria
By Seun Bisuga Nigerians have offered Netflix Inc. free consultancy by advising the movie streaming company of possible hitches it…
Oil Theft: Okowa challenges Navy to check loss of revenue
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Following the economic woes facing Nigeria and the attendant financial crisis due to the dwindling revenue…
Nollywood: Pastor tasks FG on piracy
The Senior Pastor, Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla, has urged the Federal Government to combat piracy in the…
NCC arrests 8 in Kano over piracy, siezes N6m materials
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says it has arrested eight persons for allegedly selling pirated materials in Kano. The commission’s…
Piracy: Jide Kosoko, Others Seek Intellectual Property Rights Protection
Some Nollywood practitioners on Tuesday urged the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to do more to protect the intellectual property rights…