Tag: National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
Yusuf submits memorandum on broadcasting standards to Senate c’ttee
“With the ongoing review of the NBC Act, the Governor has finalized a detailed memorandum ready for presentation to the…
NBC bans Abdulkareem Idris’ trending song ‘Tell Your Papa’
Eedris had in the recently released music track asked Seyi, the son of President Bola Tinubu to tell his father…
Tinubu approves N10bn grant for Digital Switch Over project
Launched by the Federal Government in 2008, the DSO project aimed to enhance the quality and quantity of television programming,…
MultiChoice loses bid to stop NBC from auditing its account
MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and Details Nigeria Limited, a provider of the subscription based digital terrestrial television service, known as GOtv,…
NBC tackles Arise TV over ‘incendiary’ remarks, issues final warning
NBC listed the alleged incendiary remarks made by guests on the recent programmes of Arise TV and how they violated…
NBC meets Pay TV operators over 2.5% licence obligation
The DG noted that the mandatory fee, forms a part of the Revenue Generated by the NBC for the Federal…
NBC to appeal judgment barring it from imposing fines
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining NBC from imposing fines, henceforth,…
Mixed reactions trail court judgment barring NBC from imposing fines
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja barring the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)…
Court stops NBC from imposing fines on broadcast stations
By Taiye Agbaje In a landmark judgement, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday declared that the National…
Datti Baba-Ahmed: APC PCC asks NBC to sanction Channels TV
APC PCC stated this in a petition to the NBC on Thursday in which it accused Channels Television of allowing…
Buhari, NBC taken to court over threat to shut down broadcast stations
“Under the constitutional and international requirement of legality, it is not enough that restrictions on freedom of expression, access to…
NBC asks foreign broadcasters to register within 30 days
The NBC boss reminded licensees that are yet to pay their outstanding debts, to hurriedly pay or have their licences…
NBC suspends shutdown of indebted broadcast stations
The NBC had on Aug. 19 revoked the licences of the AIT/Ray Power FM (DAAR Communication L.td., Silverbird TV Network…
License Revocation: NBC extends enforcement order on AIT, others
NBC had on Friday revoked the licenses of the AIT/Ray Power FM (DAAR Communication L.td.), Silverbird TV Network, and 50…
NBC backs down on revocation of licenses of 53 broadcast stations
NBC had on Friday said affected stations will stop broadcasting this Saturday over their failure to comply with Section 10(a)…
SERAP sues Buhari on terrorism reporting , seeks nixing of Trust TV fine
SERAP contends that the NBC and Mr Lai Mohammed have not shown that the documentaries by the media houses would…
NBC slams N5m fine on Trust TV for reporting banditry
Illela said the fine was imposed on Trust TV because its broadcast of the said documentary contravened sections of the…
NBC DG Ilelah warns licensed radio, TV stations
Ilelah explained that no fewer than 300 applications for radio and television stations were recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari through…
Buhari approves 159 new radio, TV stations
Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Malam Balarabe Ilelah, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
Withdraw your gag order, SERAP writes Buhari
SERAP has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the 7 July gag order by the National Broadcasting…
Buhari dumps Idachaba as NBC DG, appoints Shehu Ilelah
Professor Armstrong Idachaba, who has held forte since February 2020 as the helmsman of the National Broadcasting Commission has been…
We’ll meet in court, DAAR Communications replies NBC
DAAR Communications PLC has vowed to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission's directive on the suspension of Twitter as announced by…
Twitter ban: NBC sends message to all broadcasters
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has issued a directive to all broadcasters to suspend their Twitter handles and stop using…
NBC summons Brekete host over assault
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has summoned the popular Brekete Family Show host, Ahmad Isah, for assaulting a woman.
DSO: Whitepaper lacks force of law, invalid, says lawyers
Lawyers have faulted the recent directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the abolition of self-carriage status by broadcast…
NBC jams Radio Biafra signals in Lagos
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has jammed the signals of a pirate radio claiming to be “Radio Biafra” in most…
#EndSARS: NBC cautions TV stations from using unverified social media information
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has warned broadcast stations in the country against using unverified information sourced on social media.
Film Production Company sues NBC over amendment of broadcast code
A film production company, Oakfil Productions Limited, has dragged the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, before a Federal High Court in…
Broadcast Code: NBC should clear ambiguity – IrokoTV boss Njoku
Jason Njoku, Chief Executive Officer, IrokoTV, has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to clear ambiguities in the new…
SERAP to Buhari: Ask Lai to withdraw NBC ‘insult code’ within 7 days
The new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and Memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses…