The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked the court to dismiss the order barring the agency from imposing fines on broadcast stations. THE CABLE reports.Information Guide Nigeria On May 10 a federal high court in Abuja ruled that the NBC does not have the powers to impose penalties on broadcast stations. James Omotosho, the presiding … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, (CJID) have dragged the federal government before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the N5 million sanctions imposed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). LEADERSHIP reports. The two civil society organisations are asking the court to declare … Read more
Members of the International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have expressed concern over the recent N5 million fine on Channels TV, describing it as arbitrariness taken too far.Information Guide Nigeria Recall that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels TV. According to THE GUARDIAN, this … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television, for breaking the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the February 25 election. THIS WILL report.Information Guide Nigeria This was contained in a letter addressed to the … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has fine N5 million on Channels Television, for breaking the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the February 25 election. According to THE WILL, this was contained in a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has urged broadcasters to allocate 10% of their daily airtime to children’s programming in order to instill moral values in them.Information Guide Nigeria NBC Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. He voiced concern about the lack of attention given to children’s local programming by … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 302 broadcast stations for various broadcast code violations.Information Guide Nigeria This was revealed by Balarabe Ilelah, Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He also stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has authorized the establishment of 67 new radio and television … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise News TV and TVC N2 million each. These broadcast stations have been fined for allegedly breaching the national broadcasting code in the countdown to the 2023 general elections.Information Guide Nigeria THIS DAY reports that NBC director general, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, imposed the fine in separate letters to … Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country, and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Honourable Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) today granted an order of interim injunction following the … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has restated its decision to withdraw the operational licenses of 52 broadcasting stations across the country. Recall that on August 19, the NBC Director-General, Balarabe Illelah, while addressing a news conference in Abuja, announced the suspension of the licenses of the AIT/Ray Power FM, Silverbird TV Network, and 50 other … Read more