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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has penalised Arise TV with a charge of N2 million for airing a fake report about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinu

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a penalty of N2 million on Arise TV News for alleged violations of Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

Arise Television has been sanctioned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing alleged fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu. According to a press release purportedly signed by Festus Okoye, the Chairman of INEC Information and Voter Education, the electoral commission had been reported to have said it was working with the Northern Illinois District Court to determine the veracity of the al...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N2 million on Arise TV for alleged violations of the broadcast code.

The APC presidential campaign council has asked the NBC to sanction media stations over a recent report on Bola Tinubu...

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned last weekend’s shutting down by Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle of five broadcast stations in the State for alleged violation of professional ethics, saying the action signaled a descent into anarchy in the country and should never happen again.

Nigeria's National Broadcasting Authority (NBA) is castigated by Media Rights Agenda for imposing hefty fines on a local television station and 3 pay tv platforms, for airing documentaries on banditry.

Nigeria's National Broadcast Commission has issued heavy fines for four broadcasters in retaliation for their coverage of banditry.

“The documentaries by these independent media houses pose no risk to any definite interest in national security or public order.”

A media rights advocacy centre, the International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned in the strongest term, the imposition of N5 million fine on Trust TV by the Nigerian government over the documentary on terrorists and their activities in the Northern region of the country.    The Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, last week announced the government’s decision to sanction Trust TV and BBC Africa Eye over their documentaries exposing the activities of the bandits and h...