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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…
- 8 Mar 2017
NBC Sets to Roll out Digitisation in 6 states
Malam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, drector-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says all is set to roll out Digital Switch-Over (DSO) in the six geopolitical zones simultaneously. Modibbo-Kawu…
- 14 Feb 2020
Buhari Suspends Kawu, NBC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Modibbo Kawu The suspension is coming months after an…
- 23 Jan 2019
ICPC Charges NBC Boss, Others with N2.5Bn Fraud
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed charges against Is’haq Kawu Modibbo, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) and three others over…
- 20 Aug 2019
HURIWA Calls Out Kawu over Alleged Ethnic Cleansing at NBC
Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of exhibiting extreme Igbo phobia and for waging a…
- 20 Oct 2016
NBC Boss Says Africast 2016 will Change Negative Perceptions about Nigeria
Malam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has assured that Africast 2016 conference would change any negative perceptions about the image of Nigeria at the…
- 10 Dec 2019
NBC to License 200 New Broadcast Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), is on the verge of issuing additional 200 licenses for broadcasting stations, according to Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, director-general of the commission. Kawu,…
- 10 Aug 2018
NGO Calls for Sack of Kawu, NBC Boss over Hate Speech
Paradigm Initiative, Pan-African digital rights advocacy group, has called on the Acting President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to terminate the appointment of Modibbo Kawu as Director General…
- 28 Jan 2018
NBC to Launch DSO in Enugu, Osun
Federal government will in February roll out Digital Switch Over in Enugu and Osogbo in Osun State as part of its efforts to transit broadcasting from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television…
- 24 Oct 2018
NBC Completes Digital Mapping of Nigeria
Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), said that the commission had completed work on digital mapping of the entire country. Kawu made the…
- 9 Jun 2019
NGO Accuses Modibbo, NBC DG of Issuing Self, Others Radio Licenses
Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG) has alleged that Ishag Kawu Modibbo, director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) approved 16 illegal slots of radio…
- 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…
- 12 Mar 2019
Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud: Court Orders NBC Boss to Appear ‘Even on Stretcher’
Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered Mr Abdullahi Mustapha (SAN), to produce Kawu Modibbo, director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in court on the next adjourned date of…
- 24 Aug 2018
Hate Speech: NBC to Sanction Ondo TV
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it will sanction Ondo State Television Service (OSTS) for broadcasting hate speech against Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti during the recent governorship…
- 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…
- 15 Mar 2017
NBC DG Says Social Media Inciting Nigerians
Malam Modibbo Kawu, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says the social media remains the biggest source of incitement and distribution of unsubstantiated crudely insensitive…
- 29 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,…
- 28 Jun 2019
NBC Officailly Lifts Suspension on AIT, Raypower
National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) has lifted the suspension placed on the Daar Communication, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM. Isaq Modibbo Kawu, NBC…
- 8 Jun 2017
NBC Says Biafra Tv Illegal, Unable to Shut Down Station
Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, director-general of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said that a media station, Biafra Television, is transmitting illegally on Nigeria airwaves. The TV station…
- 28 May 2018
NBC to Sanction Erring Broadcast Station on Political Reporting Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has reiterated its vow to deal with any broadcast media that violates its code on political reportage. Mallam Modibbo Kawu, director general of NBC, gave the…
- 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…
- 14 Mar 2017
FG Revokes 54 Broadcasting Licenses
Federal government has revoked the licenses of 54 radio and television companies for their failure to pay the license fees within 60-day stipulated window. Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, director…
- 28 Dec 2017
FG to Rake in N900Bn from DSO- NBC
Mr. Kawu Modibbo, director-general, National Broadcasting Corporation, (NBC), has said that no fewer than N900bn would be injected into the Nigerian economy as one of the benefits of the Digital…
- 27 Dec 2016
FG to Create Digital Access Fund From TV Licence Fees
Malam Is'haq Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said his agency will create a Digital Access Fund where N1000 annual TV licence fee paid by each TV…
- 16 Mar 2017
NBC Moves to Stop Importation of Mobile Transmitters
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), yesterday expressed determination to stop importation of mobile transmitters by non-state, secessionist groups, who are using it to broadcast anti-national…
- 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…
- 17 Aug 2018
Why NBC Sanctioned Jay FM Jos- Kawu
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said that the fine imposed on Jay FM, Jos, was due to its continuous airing of vulgar and indecent music lyrics, in spite of verbal and written warnings to…
- 30 Jan 2019
NBC Sanctions NTA, Channels Tv, Others for Hate Speech
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned four major television stations in the country over hate speech. The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television…
- 27 Jul 2018
NBC Fines Daar Communications N500,000 for Alleged Violation of Broadcasting Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N500,000 on Daar Communications Group for alleged infringement of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code through the use of…
- 22 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…