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Over to You: BBC Mobile Radio Service for Nigeria

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20/06/2015

BBC Mobile Radio Service for Nigeria

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Is the new mobile radio service in Nigeria too expensive? And, BBC Kinyarwanda censored

Is the new mobile radio service for Nigerian listeners a practical tool or an expensive extravagance? And, listeners react to the continued silencing of BBC Kinyarwanda.

A recently launched mobile radio service for Nigerians allows listeners to listen live to the BBC World Service and BBC Hausa on their mobile phones. For many residents who do not have access to internet resources, it is a welcome innovation. But for others, it is too expensive. Steve Martin, the BBC World Service regional business development manager who helped to introduce the service, speaks to university student Mustapha Saeed and discusses whether the costs may deter some listeners.

The BBC Kinyarwanda radio station continues to be silenced after the Rwandan government disputed the assertions of a BBC television documentary on the 1994 genocide. Members of its audience lament the service which was they saw as a vital source of reliable news broadcasting. Plus, listeners in South Africa praise how a recent episode of The Conversation shed light on the blossoming arts and culture of their country.

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