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<strong>NBC Okays 67 New Radio, TV Stations</strong>

9Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Communication, News, Nigeria

NBC Okays 67 New Radio, TV Stations

The Federal Government has ratified 67 new broadcast licences for radio and television stations nationwide. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mallam Balarabe Ilelah on Thursday. Ilelah urged broadcasters not to relent abiding by the NBC Act, the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, the Electoral Act, and any extant law that guides media operations to ensure that the general election is free, fair, and credible. The development comes less than three months to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Critics label it a parting gift from the Buhari administration. NBC DG asked licensees that are yet to pay their debts to do the needful. According to Ilelah, the approval of the 67 broadcast licences would amount ...

<strong>NBC Fines Arise TV N2m Over Report on Tinubu </strong>

14Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Communication, News, Nigeria

NBC Fines Arise TV N2m Over Report on Tinubu

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has announced a N2 million fine for Arise television over a fake report about Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This was contained in a statement issued by Balarabe Shehu Helah, the NBC Director General. Arise television had broadcast a report that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was carrying out an investigation into Tinubu’s alleged drug trafficking crime. See Also: Tiktokers To Be Flogged In Kano For Defaming Ganduje Social media was agog with a statement reportedly issued by INEC, however, the electoral umpire on Saturday dismissed the report as a handiwork of mischief makers. Following the development, the television station on Sunday tendered an apology to ...

NBC Makes U-Turn, Suspends Shutdown Of Broadcast Stations

21Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

NBC Makes U-Turn, Suspends Shutdown Of Broadcast Stations

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has postponed the deadline to shut down broadcast stations whose licenses were withdrawn. Recall that NBC had on Friday announced the revoke of the licenses of African Independent Television, AIT, Silverbird Television, STV, and 50 other broadcast stations over growing debt. The Director-General of the commission, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, stated that the affected stations are owing up to N2 billion. Consequently, the commission ordered the shut down of the stations within 24 hours. However, the commission in a fresh statement issued on Saturday extended the shutdown to Tuesday, August 23, 2022. See Also: Sanwo-Olu Bans Okada In Four More LGAs, Six LCDAs According to Ilelah, the extension was informed by the “intervention of co...

Trust TV Fined N5 Million by NBC Over Documentary on Bandits

4Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Information Technology, Nigeria

Trust TV Fined N5 Million by NBC Over Documentary on Bandits

Television broadcasting network, Trust TV, has been fined N5 million by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over its broadcast of a documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry”. The television network has been fined for broadcasting a documentary showcasing the activities of bandits, the documentary titled “Nigeria’s banditry - the inside story” which aired on the 5th of March, 2022. The fine came after the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, vowed to sanction both Trust TV and British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC Africa, for airing documentaries showing the activities of bandits and terrorists in Nigeria. See Also: BBC and Trust TV to Face Sanctions By Federal Government The Minister condemned the documentaries saying NBC would sanction each media house ...

SERAP Chides NBC, Issues 48 Hours Ultimatum Over ChannelsTV Suspension

27Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Communication, Information Technology, Judiciary, Nigeria

SERAP Chides NBC, Issues 48 Hours Ultimatum Over ChannelsTV Suspension

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has issued a 48 hours ultimatum to the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to reverse what it described as the unconstitutional and illegal suspension and a fine of N5 million on Channels Television or face a lawsuit. Reports say the Acting Director-General of the Commission, Professor Armstrong Idachaba, in a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television, referred to Channels 7pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, 25th April 2021, in which it indicted the TV station of interviewing a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) allegedly without "caution or reprimand." Reacting to the suspension, SERAP, in a statement issued by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said: "The suspension of Channels Tele...