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- 1 Jul 2020
FG Re-arraigns Suspended NBC Boss over Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday re-arraigned Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu, the suspended director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the…
- 13 Feb 2025
Court Discharges, Acquits, Kawu, Ex-NBC DG of N2.5Bn Fraud
Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court Abuja has discharged and acquitted Ishaq Kawu Modibbo, former director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and Pinnacle…
- 26 Sept 2019
NBC Slams 45 Stations with Fines for Violating Broadcast Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 45 broadcasting stations which allegedly breached its code in the 2nd quarter of 2019, according to Mallam Ishaq Kawu, director-general of the…
- 25 May 2019
NBC says FG Soon to Release N30bn for Digital Switch Over Process
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the Federal Government is working on releasing N30 billion to boost the process of Digital Switch Over (DSO) in the country. Ishaq Kawu,…
- 10 Feb 2020
NBC Boss Tells Court Has No Case Against Us in N2.5Bn DSO Trial
Ishaq Kawu Modibbo, director-general of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC); Pinnacle Communications Ltd, and two others, on Monday told Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo- Giwa of the Federal High Court…
- 7 Aug 2019
NBC Grants Broadcast Licence to Bayero University
The National Broadcasting Commission has granted a Direct Satellite Broadcast (DSB) licence to Bayero University, Kano (BUK). The Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Kawu, on Tuesday, said the licence…
- 24 Aug 2018
HURIWA Seeks Probe of NBC DG, Claims Buhari Blackmailing Media
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a non-governmental organization, has accused the Alhaji Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of being a…
- 30 Oct 2017
NBC Denies Accusing Buhari’s Supporters of Violating Broadcasting Code
Management of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has debunked report circulating on the internet that falsely alleged that Mallam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, director general of the Commission,…
- 23 Aug 2018
NBC Slams Oyo State over Demolition of Fresh FM Building
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has condemned the Oyo state government’s demolition of the structure housing Fresh FM in Ibadan, the state capital. Ishaq Midibbo-Kawu, director-general…
- 26 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…
- 16 Nov 2018
ICPC Quizzes Kawu, NBC Boss, Contractor over N2.5Bn DSO Fraud
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commissio (ICPC), is investigating the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), over the misapplication of N2.5 billion seed grant released to…
- 5 Jul 2019
Lai Mohammed, Ex-Minister to Testify in N2.5Bn DSO Project Trial
Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted an application to list Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former minister of Information and Culture, , as prosecution witness in a trial of alleged misapplication…
- 6 Dec 2019
ICPC Fails to Produce Lai Mohammed as Witness, Closes Its Case in DSO Trial
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday failed to produce Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information, in court, to testify as prosecution witness in…
- 13 Feb 2018
Quit Notice: DStv, Gotv Fight to Remain in Nigeria
MultiChoice has released a statement concerning reports that DSTV and GOtv will shut down in 2019; pointing it is doing all to ensure its operating licences are renewed by the broadcasting agency in…
- 27 Jun 2019
N2.5Bn DSO Project: Lai Mohammed Fails to Appear in Court
Lai Mohammed, former minister of Information, on Wednesday, failed to appear before Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo Giwa of the Federal High Court Abuja, to explain his role in the approval of N2.5bn to…
- 15 Feb 2018
Quit Notice: Options for MultiChioce to Remain in Nigeria
Multichoice Nigeria, is facing an uncertain future in in Nigeria, thanks to the recent federal government notice to the pay-tv giant that it will not renew its license because it was not in line with…
- 28 Jun 2017
FG Renews Commitment to Digital Switch Over
Federal government has expressed its readiness to roll out the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in all the six geo political zones in the country in the next few weeks, as a practical demonstration of its…
- 26 Jan 2020
Pinnacle, ICPC Trade Words over Alleged Invasion, Harassment of Staff
Management of Pinnacle Communications Ltd, on has condemned the alleged invasion of its Abuja office by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).…
- 2 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,…
- 10 Feb 2018
MultiChoice in Trouble as FG Issues Quit Notice to DSTv, Others
The Federal Government may have notified the management of MultiChoice DSTV/GOTV that their operations, in Nigeria, will come to an end in 2019 as their license expires June next year. …
- 28 Jun 2019
Lai Mohammed Has Case to Answer over N2.5Bn DSO Project- ICPC
Lai Mohammed, former minister of information and culture, is to appear before a Federal High Court, Abuja, to explain his role in the alleged misapplication of N2.5 billion Federal Government Digital…
- 4 Mar 2019
NBC Sanctions 45 Radio/TV Stations for Hate Speech, Others in 2019 Polls
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 45 broadcast stations for violations bordering on abusive, inciting and provocative statements during the 2019 presidential and National Assembly…
- 26 May 2016
FG Appoints New CEOs for NTA, NAN, NBC, Others
Federal Government has appointed new chief executives officers for the information-related parastatals in the Ministry of Information and Culture. The new appointees, whose appointments are with…
- 27 May 2016
Minister Commends Outgoing CEOs of Information Agencies, Challenges New Ones
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has thanked the outgoing acting Chief Executives of Information parastatals, saying their tenure witnessed significant achievements by his…
- 12 Feb 2018
NBC Sanctions 78 Broadcast Stations
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC says it sanctioned 78 broadcasting stations between October and December, 2017. A statement released by the Commission over the weekend showed that the…
- 12 Jul 2018
NBC Fines Ekiti Radio N500,000, Queries GM over Anti-FG Broadcast
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried the General Manager of the Ekiti State Radio Corporation over broadcast by the station inciting the citizens of Ekiti State not to welcome the…
- 20 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)…
- 26 Nov 2018
Video-on-Demand on Pinnacle Platform Coming Soon- NBC Boss
Pinnacle Communications Limited, the single largest investor in Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue to digital broadcasts, is set to move the industry to the next level with the launch…
- 5 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…
- 8 Jun 2019
AIT Back on Air after Court Nullifies NBC’s Suspension
African Independent Television (AIT) is back on air after the National Broadcasting Commisssion (NBC) suspended its licence over alleged failure to abide by broadcasting code. The development…