…voids N.5m fine imposed on 45 broadcast stations The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred the National Broadcasting Commission NBC, from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations in the country. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, held that the Commission, notContinue Reading
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned broadcast stations to adhere strictly to its broadcast code, the Electoral Act as well as other extant laws governing the coverage and reportage of the 2023 general polls. The Director General of NBC, Mister Balarabe Ilelah gave the warning on Wednesday during aContinue Reading
The National Broadcasting Commission has warned broadcasters covering the general elections to desist from using or allowing their platforms and facilities to be used for the broadcast of content that may lead to the breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. The Director-General of NBC, Balarabe Ilelah, gave the warningContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 67 new broadcast licenses for the Broadcasting industry in Nigeria. This was made known by the Director General, NBC, Mall. Balarabe Shehu Ilelah at the first quarter press parley on NBC scorecard. Mall. Ilelah, while briefing the press on the Commission’s achievements in 2022, notedContinue Reading
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Arise TV for airing fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The television station was fined N2m for breaching the broadcasting code. Recall that Arise TV apologised on Sunday after reporting the Independent NationalContinue Reading
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to disclose to it the status of payment of license fees by all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria and the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations owing license fees. In a request made pursuant toContinue Reading
The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday, August 26, 2022 temporarily rescinded its decision to shutdown certain broadcast stations over failure to renew their licences. Recall that a week ago, the Commission issued a shutdown notice to the licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others overContinue Reading
The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission has extended its enforcement of the revocation order on debtor broadcast stations to Wednesday. NBC had on Friday stated that licenses of the debtor stations had been revoked and they had within 24 hours to shut down operations but that has now been extended. But inContinue Reading
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Splash FM, Space FM, MITV, Silverbird TV, AIT, amongst others over failure to renew their broadcast licences amounting to N2.66 billion. A statement by NBC on Friday noted that the move followed the publication of a list of stationsContinue Reading
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has condemned the imposition of the N5 million fine slammed on Trust Television and other media organisations by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing documentaries that exposed terrorists and their activities. Trust TV is owned by Media Trust Group, a multimedia companyContinue Reading