Tag: NBC
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SERAP gives NBC 48 hours to rescind N9m fine on Channels TV, Arise, AIT
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined three broadcast stations – Channels Television, Arise Television and Africa Independent Television – N3 million each for their coverage of the #EndSARS protests. NBC Director-General Prof. Armstrong Idachaba in a press conference in Abuja on Monday described their coverage as “unprofessional”. “Channels Television, Arise TV and AIT especially…
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BREAKING: NBC sanctions Arise TV , Channels, AIT over Lekki shooting
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned three major broadcast stations over their alleged roles in escalation of violence across the nation. The regulators fined Arise TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television between N2million and N3million. The stations were accused of airing unverified images of the alleged shooting. The protest, which began on…
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NBC seeks timely resolution of thorny interstate boundaries issues
The Director General of the National Boundary Commission, Surv. Adamu Adaji has charged boundary managers on effective boundary management techniques that will engender peace in boundary communities. The Director General gave this charge in Gombe while addressing participants at a two-day interactive session between the National Boundary Commission and the Boundary Committees of the North…
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Boundary disputes soon to be thing of the past in Nigeria – NBC D-G
The Director-General of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), Surv. Adamu Adaji has said boundary disputes will soon be a thing of the past in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement released on Monday by the Head of Information of the Commission, Efe Ovuakporie (Mrs). The NBC D-G noted that with the…
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NBC moves to resolve Abia-Akwa Ibom boundary crisis
The Director General of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), Surv. Adamu Adaji has pledged commitment to vigorously pursue and resolve issues of internal boundary between Abia and Akwa Ibom States. Surv. Adaji made the pledge on Monday at the Joint Meeting of officials on Abia/Akwa Ibom interstate boundary organised by the NBC in Umuahia, the…
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Hate Speech: IBAN kicks against NBC’s N5m fine
The Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN) has kicked against the N5million fine, imposed by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on one of its members, Nigeria Info FM, for allegedly promoting hate speech. IBAN in a statement issued yesterday after its emergency board meeting held on Monday, which was signed by its Chairman, Mr. Guy…
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‘Govt sponsoring killings’: NBC fines Nigeria Info N5m over Mailafia interview
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday made good its intention to penalise a radio station, Nigeria Info, over a recent comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailaifa. The NBC in a statement said Mailaifa’s statement was hate speech and therefore fined the broadcast station N5m.…
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Buhari approves appointment of Adaji as NBC D-G
President Muhammadu has approved the appointment of Surv. Adamu Audu Adaji as the Director-General (D-G) of the National Boundary Commission (NBC). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by Mrs Ovuakporie Efe, the Head of Information in the Commission. According to the NBC’s Head of Information, Boss Mustapha, the Secretary…
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BBNaija: Lai Mohammed wants NBC to shutdown Big Brother Naija show
The Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has reportedly asked the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to stop airing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija). According to report published in an online news website, TheCable, the acting director-general of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, was quoted to have told senior management members that he had been directed by…
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Jason Njoku, Ruth Kadiri others kick as NBC moves to remove exclusive right to content
Nollywood heavyweights have reacted to the recently released National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 6th Broadcast Code which takes away their exclusive right to content they created. The new code makes exclusivity illegal, compels content sub-licensing and aims to regulate the prices at which content is sub-licensed whether or not they recoup their investment. However some…