Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to disclose the status of payment of license fees by all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria. It urged the commission to make public the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations owing license fees. The demand was made via a statement
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Court stops Buhari, NBC from shutting down 53 broadcast stations
The 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 moreWhy NBC revoked broadcast licenses of AIT, Rythm FM, others
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday said it has revoked the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others. The Director-General of the NBC, Mallam Balarabe Shehu, who made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, said the development followed the failure of the media houses to renew their
Read moreSERAP drags FG, NBC to ECOWAS Court
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and twenty-four concerned Nigerians have sued the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over “the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to target, harass, sanction, and fine independent television and radio stations in
Read moreNBC Code is inimical to free speech and Press Freedom – NUJ
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared the National Broadcasting Commission NBC code as inimical to free speech and Press Freedom. The union made this observation in a Press Statement signed by its President Comr Chris Isiguzo made available to The Daily Vendor in Abuja Tuesday April 26 2021. Reacting to NBC plan to
Read moreNBC jams Radio Biafra signal in Lagos, asks DSS to arrest operators
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it has jammed the signals of a station “claiming to be Radio Biafra”, and broadcasting in “many parts of Lagos”. In a statement issued on Monday, the commission said it has also requested the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria police force to arrest the operators of
Read moreWAMELA Knocks NBC
The West Africa Media Lawyers Association, WAMELA, notes with concern the rising and persistent repression of the press in Nigeria using the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as the hangman. In a statement made available to the The Daily Vendor in Abuja by its Public Relations Officer Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nkanga, WAMELA took a swipe on the NBC.
Read moreSERAP orders NBC to drop charges against Channels TV, Arise, AIT or be sued
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has asked the National Broadcasting Corporation to withdraw the “unconstitutional and illegal” fines of N3 million each imposed by the National Broadcasting Commission on Channels Television, Arise Television, and Africa Independent Television over their coverage of the #EndSARS protests. The acting Director-General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, had announced
Read moreEndSARS: Arise TV, AIT, Channels Television in a big trouble as NBC fines them for unprofessional coverage
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV N3 million each over their “unprofessional coverage” of the EndSARS protests and the crisis that followed it. Acting Director-General of the NBC, Dr Armstrong Idachaba on Monday at a press conference made the announcement. The media houses were fined N3m each for
Read moreSenate To Bar FIRS, Customs, NBC, 57 Others From Getting Federal Allocations
The Senate is prepared to propose to the Federal Ministry of Finance , Budget and National Planning to exempt 60 federal agencies from receiving allocation from the national budget , which will start from next year . It was gathered that the move was due to the conviction that the agencies generate enough revenue to
Read moreN5million Fine By NBC On Nigeria Info, Assault On Media Independence – International Press Centre
The International Press Centre (IPC), has expressed disappointment over the heavy fine of N5 million imposed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to Nigeria Info. The Centre further requested for an immediate reversal of the fine, maintaining that it was a burden on the NBC to do the right thing. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that
Read moreAtiku, Falana, Others Condemn NBC’s N5m Fine On Radio Station
Nigerians have reacted against the N5million fine slammed on a Lagos-based private radio station, Nigeria Info 99.3FM, for allegedly broadcasting views categorised as hate speech. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) slammed the fine on the radio station over the views expressed by a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah
Read moreMailafia Claims: NBC Slams Nigeria Info N5million Fine
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has slammed a radio station, Nigeria Info, to the tune of N5 million fine, for the interview recently granted by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia. The fine contained in a statement by the NBC management on Thursday titled, ‘The National Broadcasting Commission Fines Nigeria
Read moreBREAKING: NBC Fines 99.3FM N5m For Hate Speech
The Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos has been fined the sum of N5 million by the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The fine was slammed on the radio station for allowing its platform to be used for promoting unverifiable and inciting views that can cause crime, public disorder. Details shortly…
Read morePDP Rejects New Broadcast Code, Says It’s Meant To Gag The Media And Cover APC Corruption
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the revised broadcast code put together by the federal government. In a statement by its national spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party described the amended broadcast code as another draconian measure to muzzle the media and suppress free speech in Nigeria. It also maintained that the rules was
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