Tag: NBC
NBC rolls out 2026 Youth Empowerment Scheme at UNILAG
In 2025, the initiative recorded some of its most tangible outcomes yet. Ten beneficiaries were selected for six-month paid internships…
Umar Bago, NBC dragged to court over Badeggi FM
A DECLARATION that the threat issued by the Bago to strip Badeggi FM radio station of its operational licence encroaches…
N2.5bn fraud trial: Court frees ex-NBC DG Ishaq Kawu, others
Kawu was arraigned in 2019, alongside Lucky Omoluwa and Dipo Onifade, Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited and the Chief Operating…
NBC to deploy drones for boundary management – DG
The Director-General of the commission, Mr Adamu Adaji, stated this at the 2024 end of year media briefing in Abuja…
Tinubu appoints CEOs for NTA, FRCN, NBC, NOA, others
The president appoint Mr. Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the Director-General and CEO, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu…
DSO: BON rejects NCC’s planned sale of 600MHZ Spectrum Band
Bangbose cautioned that a sale of the band before the analogue switch-off will result in the denial of access to…
Baba-Ahmed: SERAP, CJID sue Buhari, others over N5m fine on Channels TV
The NBC had recently fined Channels Television N5 million over an interview with Datti Baba-Ahmed. The NBC alleged that the…
NBC hammers Channels TV over inciting Datti Baba-Ahmed’s interview
He recalled that the NBC had engaged Channels Television severally to consider public interest before any programme is broadcast.
Fake News on Tinubu lands Arise TV in trouble: NBC hammers station
The TV station had aired a report that the Independent National Broadcasting Commission (INEC) was investigating Tinubu’s alleged crime bordering…
2023 Campaigns: NBC reads riot act to broadcasters
By Salisu Sani-Idris The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Monday itemized a series of ‘dos and donts’ for broadcasters ahead…
Court extends order stopping Buhari, NBC from shutting down 53 broadcast stations
Honourable Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) had on 29 August 2022 granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing…
Breaking: Court stops Buhari, NBC from shutting down 53 broadcast stations
SERAP and NGE had last week filed a lawsuit against Buhari and NBC, asking the court for “a declaration that…
Breaking: SERAP, NGE sue Buhari, NBC over plan to shut 53 broadcast stations
The NBC had last week revoked the licenses of the 53 broadcast stations and threatened to shut down their operations…
Why Nigerian government should kill NBC
Festus Adedayo, journalist, lawyer and public affairs analyst, argues that the repressive weapon of the Buhari government against free speech…
Breaking: NBC revokes licenses of AIT, Raypower, Silverbird, LTV, 48 other stations
NBC's Director-General, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said the stations whose licenses were…
Kogi community gets NBC approval to establish radio station
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has approved and assigned frequency channel 88.3MHz to Akogba FM in Ekinrin-Adde, Ijumu local government…
Digital switch-over: NBC, NIGCOMSAT, NITDA strike partnership deal
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it is partnering with Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) to accelerate the process of digital switch…
Ortom’s interview: NBC fires Channels TV query
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fired a query to Channels Television over the explosive interview it granted to Governor…
Thou shall talk no evil: NBC gags TV, radio stations
See No evil, talk no evil: that seems to be the new order handed over to the easily shackled Nigeria's…
NBC gags TV, Radio stations on reporting banditry, insurgency
Media muzzling by the Buhari regime isplaying out in the broadcast sector, with the new director-general Mallam Balarabe Illela reeling…
NBC notifies Facebook, Instagram, others to register or be outlawed
The National Broadcasting Commission , NBC asks all social media platforms, such as Twitter or Facebook to register or be…
Hijack of Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over Programme
Recently Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information of Information and Culture, who many industry players have alleged has usurped the…
Channels TV apologises to NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday said Channels Television has apologised over its infraction of the broadcasting code.
Nnamdi Kanu condemns Channels Television’s suspension
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the suspension of Channels Television.
Outrage as NBC sanctions Channels TV
Nigerians have condemned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for suspending “Politics Today” show on Channels TV.
SERAP threatens to sue FG over suspension of Channels TV’s Politics Today
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Federal Government over suspension of Channels TV's Politics…
Censorship: NBC axes Channels TV Politics Today Programme
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has axed “Politics Today” show on Channels TV. It also slammed a N5 million fine…
NBC, Lai sued by SERAP, 261 others over N9m fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has fulfilled its threat to sue the National Broadcasting Commission over the imposition of…
#EndSARS protest: NBC slams fine on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has slammed fines on Channels TV, African Independent Television, AIT, and Arise TV over unprofessional…
Lai Mohammed unveils Committee on NBC reforms
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated a seven-member Committee on the Implementation of Reforms in…