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- 2 Apr 2014
FG Mulls Bill for National Transport Commission
The Federal Government is currently considering plans to establish a National Transport Commission. Senator Idris Umar, minister of Transport, hinted on the plans while receiving a delegation of the…
- 26 May 2019
NBC Denies Granting License to Fulani Radio
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied recent media reports that claimed that it granted radio license to herdsmen. NBC however, said that the National Commission for Nomadic…
- 20 Sept 2018
NCC partners National Assembly to enact social media law
The Nigeria Communications Commission has said that it plans to collaborate with the National Assembly in enacting a law that will regulate the social media platforms. Mr Tanimu Bawa, the NCC…
- 17 Aug 2021
NBC Warns Broadcast Media against Secessionist, Terrorist Agenda
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has cautioned broadcast media to be wary of interest groups seeking to destabilise the country. Balarabe Ilelah, director general, NBC, who dropped the…
- 9 Aug 2021
Terrorism Report: NBC Recants, Denies Gagging Media
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has made a major turnaround as it denied reports it directed media houses to stop reporting details of terrorist attacks. Balarabe Ilelah, director-general of…
- 21 Nov 2021
NBC Grants First DTT Licence to Royal Media Group
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has granted the first Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) station licence to Royal Media Group in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman,…
- 5 Jan 2023
INEC Inaugurates Committees for National Situation Room, Collation Centre
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a…
- 20 Jul 2026
NBC, INEC, Plan Joint Broadcast Monitoring Framework ahead of 2027 Elections
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are set to introduce a joint broadcast monitoring framework ahead of the 2027 general elections as part…
- 10 Feb 2022
Mass Communication Media will Remain Strategic Partners to NCC - Danbatta
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says that the mass media, whether print, broadcast, online, or other specialised genres, will remain central and strategic stakeholders to the…
- 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…
- 3 Dec 2012
NBC Barks, Urges Caution in Phone-in Programmes
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has advised media stations operating in Nigeria to be versatile in handling phone-in programmes and desist from practices that will jeopardise security,…
- 11 Jan 2022
NIMC Allays Server Breach Claims Says Nigerians’ Data Safe
The National Identity Management Commission Commission (NIMC) has dispelled claims of server breaches that recently made the rounds on social media. It was reported that suspected hackers claimed to…
- 31 Aug 2010
NBC Cautions Media Organisations on 2011 Political Coverage
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned media houses against taking sides on political coverage during next years’ general elections.…
- 14 Jan 2020
APC Drags Adamawa Media Houses before NBC
Adamawa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), accusing some media houses in the state of not giving it right of reply. The…
- 1 Apr 2025
NIMC Says NIN Mandatory to Government Loans
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said the National Identification Number (NIN) is a mandatory requirement for securing government loans. NIMC said on its social media platform that the…
- 28 Jan 2021
NIMC Discontinues Old National ID
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the discontinuation of the old national identity card. The agency confirmed this new development in a post on Wednesday, advising citizens…
- 10 Jun 2021
NBC Formally Asks Facebook, Instagram, Others to Register or be Outlawed
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has officially asked social media platforms to register with it or be outlawed in Nigeria. Armstrong Idachaba, acting director-general, NBC issued the…
- 5 Apr 2023
Media Groups Tackle NBC over N5m Fine against Channels
Media advocacy groups have slammed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for imposing a five million naira fine on Channels Television. This was contained in a joint statement by Edetaen Ojo,…
- 27 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: FG Seeks to Change Narratives on Lekki Shooting
Federal government has tasked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and local media in Nigeria to change the narratives on the alleged massacre of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on…
- 16 Sept 2020
NIMC Registers 24m Nigerians on National Identity Database
Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the commission has so far registered 24 million Nigerians on the national identity database. The…
- 20 Jul 2023
NDPC Rallies Journalists on the Opportunities Inherent in National Data Protection Sector
Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner, National Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has urged journalists covering ICT sector, under the aegis of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters…
- 10 Apr 2023
We're Not Responsible for Monitoring Social Media Contents - NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. L - R: Nafisa Rugga, Head, Digital…
- 28 Jan 2017
NBC to Check Excesses of TV, Radio Stations
Media Stakeholders have urged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to put in place necessary mechanisms to check the excesses of some private radio and television stations in the country. The…
- 12 Aug 2025
Zinox Chairman Leo Stan Ekeh Donates State-of-the-Art Tech Experience Centre to Federal University Birnin Kebbi
Federal University Birnin Kebbi (FUB) received a significant boost in its quest to produce globally competitive graduates, following the donation of a multimillion-naira Tech Experience Centre by the…
- 2 Sept 2021
NBC Seeks NITDA's Support on Capacity Building, Digital Transformation
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has approached National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and sought for the nation's IT regulator to intervene in digitization of its…
- 19 Jul 2016
CECAD Proposes October as Nigerian National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
A media stakeholder group has called on the federal government, through the office of the National Security Adviser to adopt October as the Nigerian National Cybersecurity Awareness month as being…
- 21 Feb 2012
NBC Pledges Commitment to Community Broadcasting
National Broadcasting Commission has pledged the commission’s commitment to implementing full community broadcasting in the country. The pledge came on the heels of World Radio day, a day set…
- 15 May 2023
MRA Urges NBC to Obey Court Order Restraining Imposition of Fines on Broadcast Stations
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to comply fully with the orders of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja which restrained it…
- 8 Oct 2020
APCON Partner NBC to Resolve N8Bn Media Industry Debt
Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the two government agencies regulating advertising practice and the broadcast media have agreed to…
- 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…