MRA tasks NBC to reveal status of payment of broadcasting licence fee in Nigeria
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MRA tasks NBC to reveal status of payment of broadcasting license fee in Nigeria

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
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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

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Why NBC revoked broadcast licenses of AIT, Silverbird TV, Rythm FM, others
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Why 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

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SERAP drags FG, NBC to ECOWAS Court 1
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SERAP 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

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NBC jams Radio Biafra signal in Lagos, asks DSS to arrest operators 3
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NBC 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

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SERAP orders NBC to drop charges against Channels TV, Arise, AIT or be sued 5
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SERAP 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

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EndSARS: Arise TV, AIT, Channels Television in a big trouble as NBC fines them for unprofessional coverage 6
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EndSARS: 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

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Senate To Bar FIRS, Customs, NBC, 57 Others From Getting Federal Allocations 7
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Senate 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

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N5million Fine By NBC On Nigeria Info, Assault On Media Independence – International Press Centre 8
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N5million 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

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Atiku, Falana, Others Condemn NBC’s N5m Fine On Radio Station 9
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Atiku, 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

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Mailafia Claims: NBC Slams Nigeria Info N5million Fine 10
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Mailafia 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

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PDP Rejects New Broadcast Code, Says It's Meant To Gag The Media And Cover APC Corruption 12
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PDP 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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