Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday called on Niger State Governor Umar Bago to unseal an independent media outlet, Badeggi FM Radio he ordered to be shut down.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Bago on Friday directed the Commissioner of Police in the state and the State's Commissioner for Homeland Security to seal the media outfit, having been unhappy with its broadcasts.

He also ordered the station's license to be revoked and for the owner to be profiled.

In a press statement signed by the Director Corporate Affairs and External Linkages, Fatima Agwai, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, expressed disappointment over the shutdown of the station without following due process, describing ...