NPAN In Appeal Court Over APCON’s Advertising Code

[Shola Sholaz]

Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has urged the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to restrain the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, from implementing the advertising code, which empowers it to vet and approve adverts before publication by print media in the country.
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Joined as co-respondent in the motion on notice by NPAN against the ruling of a Federal High Court was the Inspector-General of Police.
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The Motion on Notice is brought pursuant to Order 4 Rules 10 & 11 and Order 7 Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2011, filed by NPAN's counsel, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN).
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It also argued that permitting APCON to implement the law will tamper with the res of the appeal as well as denying the court to be "the master of proceedings in this appeal."

[Folami David]

Advertisement is taken seriously in a country like Nigeria so I'm in no way surprised. We see it on out TV screens almost everyday.