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- 11 Mar 2019
DSO Nigeria Jinxed Again!
By Tolagbe Oworu As the chequered history of the Digital Switch Over(DSO) from analogue broadcasts in Nigeria encounters yet another setback, it is disheartening but inevitable to conclude that it…
- 18 Apr 2021
Lagos Pledges Support for DSO in the State
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, has said that his administration will support the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being embarked by the country, saying it would enhanced job creation and…
- 25 Jan 2019
DSO Caught in Web of ICPC/NBC Face-Off
The Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in Nigeria is now at the centre of a major row between the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Independent Corrupt…
- 10 May 2021
UK-Based Lawyer Says DSO Not Backed by Law, Lacks Coherent Strategy
Timothy Agbo, United Kingdom-based Nigerian lawyer, has described the country’s country’s digital switchover (DSO) programme as having neither a legal backing nor a coherent strategy. The programme,…
- 28 Apr 2021
FG Targets Nearly 1m Jobs through DSO
Some 800,000 jobs will be created through the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being put in place, according to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture. Mohammed,, disclosed this during an…
- 28 Aug 2020
FG Says No More Subsidies on DSO
Federal Government has said there will be no more subsidies, either of set top boxes or signal carriage as it plans to resume the rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO), a transition from analogue to…
- 25 Aug 2020
FG Pushes for Private-Sector-Driven DSO
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said with the planned settlement of outstanding debts, the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in broadcasting will transit to a…
- 24 Mar 2019
FG, Operators Meet to End DSO Crisis
The federal government has resolved the brewing crisis threatening the implementation of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in the country. Gen. Babagana…
- 17 Jul 2026
NBC Tasks Broadcasting Stations over 2028 DSO Global Deadline
Mrs. Clementine Wamba, head, Digital Switch Over (DSO) at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has stressed the need for broadcasting stations and practitioners nationwide to work towards…
- 1 Apr 2021
FG to Rake in $1Bn from Spectrum Sale on Completion of DSO
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said over one billion dollars would accrue to government from the sale of spectrum after completion of the Digital Switch Over (DSO). The…
- 25 Apr 2021
DSO: Lawyers Tear Whitepaper Apart, Say It Lacks Force of Law
Lawyers have faulted the recent directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the abolition of self-carriage status by broadcast entities. They said the 2014 Digital Switch Over (DSO)…
- 26 Mar 2026
NBC Boss Urges Content Ceators to Participate in DSO
Mr. Charles Ebuebu, director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has called on Nigerian content creators to actively participate in the country’s Digital Switchover (DSO),…
- 22 Dec 2017
FG Launches DSO in Kaduna
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said that the Digital Switch Over (DSO) process is now on cruise control, following the rollout of digital television in two states…
- 26 Jan 2022
Afreximbank Pledges Financial Support Nigeria’s DSO Project
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said that it will put up a financial mechanism to ensure the completion of Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) project before the end of the year.…
- 15 Jul 2026
NBC Scraps Annual Digital Access Fee on DSO
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that Nigerians will no longer pay annual Digital Access Fees under the renewed Digital Switch Over (DSO) project. Charles Ebuebu, director-general,…
- 11 Mar 2021
DSO to Cover Every State- Lai Mohammed
Federal government has assured that no state will be left out of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) – the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. Lai Mohammed Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of…
- 10 May 2021
StarTimes Solidify Partnership with Signal Carrier on DSO Drive
StarTimes Nigeria, pay-TV entertainment company, is working to deliver the Digital Switch Over (DSO) drive of the Nigerian Government together with Integrated Television Services (ITS) - one of the…
- 2 Mar 2021
Minister Charges Task Force on Content, Publicity For DSO
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has charged the Ministerial Task Force on the Digital Switch Over (DSO) to ensure that the project offers very rich content for Nigerian…
- 19 Mar 2021
FG Shops for 40m Decoders for DSO
Federal government is shopping for over 40 million set-top-boxes (decoders) required for actual transmission of Digital Switch Over (DSO), according to Edward Amana, chairman Digiteam. Digiteam is…
- 1 Sept 2021
NBC Boss Denies Diversion of Fund for DSO Contract
Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said the N10bn appropriated for the Digital Switch Over (DSO) project was not in any personal account, but was…
- 1 Jul 2019
NBC Boss, Others Kick Against Appearance of Lai Mohammed in N2.5Bn DSO Trial
Defendants in the case of alleged misapplication of N2.5 billion Federal Government Digital Switch-Over (DSO) programme, have countered application by the prosecution to present Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…
- 25 Dec 2018
DSO Throws Open over 30 Free TV Channels for Nigerians
Thousands of families subscribed to the FreeTV platform powered by the Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in Nigeria enjoyed real time cross-country high definition viewing…
- 3 Apr 2018
Funding, Politics, Others Hobble DSO Projects
Inadequate funding, set-top boxes, political and economic considerations have been identified as some of the threats to speedy roll out of Digital Switch Over (DSO) projects across the country.…
- 28 Feb 2021
Nigeria’s DSO: Fresh Missteps Loom
By Dominic Omuedi Heartwarming, it was for me, to read reports of the press conference addressed on Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on the country’s Digital…
- 4 Feb 2019
DSO Under South African Attack
By George Dishpat Considering the many tales of the unexpected emerging from the ongoing face off between the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the ICPC, it is tempting to believe that there…
- 9 May 2019
Lai Mohammed Okayed Payment of N2.5Bn to Pinnacle for DSO Project- Witness
Mrs Alheri Saidu, a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), called in the trial of Ishaq Modibbo, director general, National Broadcasting Commission…
- 27 May 2019
Pinnacle DSO Facility, World Best, ICPC Witness Tells Court
Engr. Friday Ukwela, a prosecution witness called by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday told a Federal High sitting in Abuja that the Digital…
- 5 May 2021
DSO: FG to Switch Off Analogue Broadcasting in Lagos
Federal Government has disclosed plans to switch off analogue broadcasting in the state in the next six months, having officially switched over Lagos to digital broadcasting last week, Mr. Lai…
- 19 Nov 2018
N2.5Bn DSO Allegation: Our Story By Pinnacle Communications
Pinnacle Communications Limited, the private licensed signal distributor for the Federal Government’s approved implementation of the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)…
- 4 Jun 2025
DSO: STBMAN Accuses NBC of Contempt, Seeks Presidential Intervention
Association of Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has accused the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of sidelining indigenous manufacturers and flouting a subsisting court order in its…