FG Bans Davido’s ‘IF, Fall’, Olamide’s ‘Wo,’ Others

The Federal government has slapped a ban on five Nigerian songs, saying they should not be aired across the Nigerian airwaves.

The ban was announced by the National Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.

The banned songs are Olamide‘s “Wo” and “Wavy Level“; Davido‘s “Fall” and “If (Remix)”; and 9ice’s “Living Things.”

The Federal Ministry of Health had in a tweet on Friday slammed Olamide’s “Wo” for violating “Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Act of 2015”.

“This is our position: video contravenes the act. Innocently or otherwise Tobacco Promotion Advertising Sponsorship is banned in all forms,” NBC said.

“Wo”, Olamide’s latest single was shot in the streets of Bariga Lagos State, where the rapper was raised.

The public is informed of the dangerous public health content & violation of Tobacco Ctrl Act 2015 in “Wo” by @olamide_YBNL #ClearTheAir pic.twitter.com/oVlUI976yJ

— Health Ministry NGR (@Fmohnigeria) August 18, 2017

Recall that the NBC had in 2016 banned Olamide’s ‘Don’t Stop’, for its vulgar lyrics, few months after a similar ban on another of his songs ‘Shakiti Bobo’.