Tag: Broadcasting
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Like the lizard, broadcasting lies prostrate – By Okoh Aihe
I am looking at two pictures of the Information and National Orientation Minister, Muhammad Idris. One is ebullient with smiles breaking all over his face as he assured the Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN) members who visited him that the Tinubu administration would avail a single digit loan to help stabilise and grow the…
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Broadcasting as beauty and the beast – By Okoh Aihe
Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroics during the 1994 Rwanda genocide inspired the Oscar nominated movie, Hotel Rwanda, is back in the United States, after being released from jail in his country, to spend the rest of his remaining life in peace and never dream of politics in his country again.
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For broadcasting, a future ungarnished – By Okoh Aihe
It was pretty good news for the broadcast space the other day when the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), gave a report sheet dating back to 2018. For a country seemingly wallowing in chaos, it was a breather to steer us away from the nail-biting Naira scarcity out there and the consequential outrage…
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NBC imposes N2m penalty on Arise TV
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a penalty of N2 million on Arise TV News for alleged violations of Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Shehu Illelah, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
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For broadcasting, it’s the fire next time – By Okoh Aihe
There was a rash of contradictory responses last week, when the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in a moment of regulatory frenzy, directed 52 broadcast operators to shut down operations and return their licenses within 24 hours if they couldn’t settle their debt of N2.6bn collectively owed the Commission as license fees.
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From Telecommunications to Broadcasting, Desperate Times indeed – By Okoh Aihe
Although this government gives the impression that things are pretty cool in the country, there are some strands of activities which really magnify the desperation with which those in authority are trying to paper over the nastiness of the times.
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Broadcasting in search of patriot to clean up its failures, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe This is Monday morning. At about the time of writing this material, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is organizing a broadcast industry stakeholders meeting in Lagos to discuss the readiness of the Lagos zone to welcome the launch of the Digital Switchover (DSO). There is a reason Lagos…
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For broadcasting, truth troubled by the times – Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe The snake is not a likeable creep. Especially if you have had a brush with its venomous danger as I have, twice in my life and nearly got finished off at the second encounter, you have no reason to like the snake at all, and once you smell the danger from a…
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The inconvenient truth that can set broadcasting free, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe How do you stare truth in the face in a festering situation? Quite discomforting, eh? The answer could point out the difference between the bold and the effeminate, between the villain and scoundrel, and those who stand for public good. The public needs answers to very puzzling questions in these challenging times…
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For broadcasting, a timely intervention before Edo State boils over, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe I am listening to Dr Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Health, formerly known as Narayana Hrudyalaya. His voice cuts with precision, like ice, straight to the bone. “I am a cardiac surgeon by profession but I have a very interesting job. My job is putting price tag on human life.” What kind…