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A Federal High Court in Abuja issued an order of perpetual injunction, barring the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on broadcast stations in Nigeria | Pulse Nigeria
The court also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed by NBC on 1 March 2019, on each of 45 broadcast stations.
Justice Omotosho held that the NBC, not being a court of law, had no power to impose sanctions as punishment on
An Abuja Federal High Court has barred the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on Nigerian broadcast stations.
Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted Media Rights Agenda (MRA) permission to sue the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in two separate cases. MRA sued the Commission for its failure to grant the organisation's requests for information on the scope of independence reportedly granted it by President Muhammadu Buhari and details of the 302 broadcasting stations it said it sanctioned in four months after campaigns for the 2023 elections began in September 2022.