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NFVCB officials now SPY Policemen to fight piracy

NFVCB officials now SPY Policemen to fight piracy

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has trained officers of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) as Supernumerary (SPY) Police to enhance its fight against unclassified, pirated films and video works.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 14 of the trained officers were decorated, after completion of the course with different ranks by CP Ajani Olasupo, Commandant of the Police College Ikeja (PCI) Lagos State.

SPY Police are engaged for specific security functions within a restricted jurisdiction or operational space.

The Nigeria Police Act provides guidelines for their establishment and grants them the powers, privileges and immunities enjoy by …

Nigeria losing over $3 billion to piracy - NCC DG

Nigeria losing over $3 billion to piracy – NCC DG

Speaking to newsmen on the sideline at the commission’s Governing Board meeting, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) Director General, Mr. John Asein, said that effect of piracy is not only in monetary terms but also the colossal damage it does to practitioners.

Asein noted that the over $3b is just an estimation as its actual value is almost immeasurable.

He added: “Unfortunately, like most aspects of our national life, we don’t have exact figures, but you can only imagine when you have the size of Nigerian creative industry, you know that more than half of what should have come in goes …