Wahala don gas for MovieBox.ng as NCC (Nigerian Copyright Commission) join body with Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) to shut down di popular but illegal movie streaming site. According to Madam Ijeoma Egbunike wey be NCC Director of Public Affairs, dem slam the big padlock on MovieBox from July 20, 2025 — no be play o!
MovieBox no dey play small pikin game, dem dey show films, music and even live football matches wey dem no get right to show. NCC just vex say enough is enough, make people stop dey watch Jackie Chan dey fight for free when him never chop him share.
DG John Asein still yarn say di shutdown sweet many people for the industry belle — producers, musicians, even sports people dey clap. “MovieBox be like those yahoo boys wey dey use fake names and clone websites to hide. Dem no wan let creative people enjoy di fruit of their hard work,” Asein talk.
How MovieBox Take Dey Do Their Yahoo-Style Streaming
No be one website alone oh, MovieBox get plenty clone and fallback domains like chameleon. If you catch one, another go pop up like puff-puff wey never done. Dem just dey shuffle their websites anyhow, use mirror links to dodge shutdown like say na hide and seek.
NCC yarn say if dem track one domain, another one go pop from nowhere. The kind technical hide-and-seek MovieBox dey do fit make FBI confuse. But NiRA no gree sleep — dem show face quick-quick and help NCC close the tap wey dey leak other people sweat.
Asein beg other internet companies and service providers to carry shoulder like NiRA do. “If you see say your platform dey carry pirated content, abeg close am sharp-sharp,” him talk. Na new Copyright Act of 2022 give NCC that ginger to pursue pirates like Tom dey pursue Jerry.
No Be Only Illegal, E Fit Chop Your Data & Peace of Mind
NCC don warn everybody say make una no use all these illegal streaming sites anyhow. E no be only about law wahala, dem go fit carry malware enter your phone, thief your identity or even wipe your account clean like new chalkboard.
Dem talk say na part of their big campaign wey dem name “STOP” – Stand Together Against Online Piracy, wey start earlier this year. Their mission na to stop all these online pirates wey dey use people hard work like free buffet.
Dem still assure everybody say NCC no dey sleep. As you dey read this now, dem dey monitor, track and shutdown mirror sites left, right, center. Nigeria’s creative economy na treasure, and NCC say dem go do everything to protect am — because if pirate chop am finish, who go dey act film we go watch again?
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