Nigeria, April 11 -- Veteran Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has fired back at the Federal Government following the ban on his latest protest track, Tell Your Papa, a scathing critique of President Bola Tinubu's administration.

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday declared the song "offensive" and barred it from airplay nationwide - a move Abdulkareem says is a desperate attempt to muffle dissent.

Taking to Instagram shortly after the announcement, the Jaga Jaga crooner likened the ban to the 2004 censorship of his iconic hit, accusing the current administration of being "insensitive and vindictive."

"It is obvious that in Nigeria, truth and constructive criticism is always deemed a big crime by the government," he...