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ON Tuesday November 2,2021, the entire media community in Nigeria had the opportunity to reflect on its operating environment.  It was the commemoration

There are many other objectionable provisions in the revised code that may discourage further investment in the Nigerian broadcast sector.

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned media houses covering the Anambra governorship election against...

The plan to muzzle the press is wrong and counterproductive At a period when Nigerians are seeking ways to salvage their country from its present travails, the wilful courting of dictatorship cannot be a route to national salvation and healing. That unfortunately seems to be the preferred destination choice for the current administration. From inserting controversial clauses in the electoral bill to circumscribe transparent elections to a desperate plot to plant a partisan presidential attack ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Channels TV and Inspiration FM Lagos. The commission’s acting Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. Idachaba said the broadcast stations were fined for infractions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. In arriving at the fine, he said the NBC reviewed the appeals and apologies from both stations and decided to set aside the option of suspension of licence. He recalled that the Commission had on April ...

NBC fines Channels TV, inspiration FM N5million each for broadcast code infractions The NBC says Channels TV and Inspirational FM broadcast secessionist, divisive, violent and inflammatory comments. 2 min read The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Channels TV and Inspiration FM Lagos to pay a fine N5 million each for infractions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. Armstrong Idachaba, the acting director-general of the commission, announced this in a statement mad...

Views: Visits 13 The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has finally slammed Channels TV and Inspiration FM, Lagos N5 million each for alleged breach of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The acting Director-General of the commission, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, noted that the NBC had served Channels TV a letter stating that the station  was liable for infractions of the code following the broadcast of its programme, ‘Politics Today’ of April 25, in which the station gr...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says there is no truth in a report of Boko Haram attacks in Abuja. The Joint Security Team of the FCT said the publication was meant to create palpable tension among residents. In a statement on Sunday, the command Public Relations Officer, Mariam Yusuf disclosed that Heads of Security Agencies (HOSA) held a strategic meeting on Thursday. The spokesperson said they resolved to deploy alternative proactive crime-fight...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) alongside twenty-four concerned Nigerians have dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. SERAP accused the Buhari government of arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to target, harass, sanction, and fine independent television and radio stations in Nigeria, and to restrict Nigerians’ freedom of expre...

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 Nigeria, and to restrict Nigerians’ freedom of expression and access to information.”