Nigeria, April 10 -- The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Nigerian radio and television stations not to air the protest song 'Tell Your Papa' by Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Abdulkareem, in the song released on Sunday, called on President Bola Tinubu's son, Seyi Tinubu, to urge his father to address the country's persistent economic and security crises.

However, in a statement issued by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, on Thursday, NBC stated that the song is inappropriate for broadcast.

The statement titled 'Restriction on broadcasting 'Tell Your Papa' by Eedris Abdulkareem' read: "The National Broadcasting Commission has identified the song 'Tell Your ...