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- 17 Apr 2015
BON, NBC Says Nigeria’s Digital Broadcast Migration is Slow
Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) has said that, Nigeria has not achieved up to 10 % digitalization of its broadcast industry, owing largely to lack of funds. This is just just two months to…
- 15 Jan 2013
Nigeria Makes Haste with Digital Broadcast Migration
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general of the National Broadcast Commission (NBC) said that Nigeria is making conscious efforts to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting in synchronization of the…
- 1 Apr 2017
NBC Extends Ultimatum to Broadcasting Stations by 3 Months
Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has extended the ultimatum period issued indebted broadcasting organisations in the country to offset their debt to the regulatory agency. The Commission had…
- 22 Aug 2024
NBC, NCC Team Up on Smooth Transition to Digital Broadcasting
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) are collaborating to ensure smooth transition to digital broadcasting. This was made known by the Director…
- 18 Jul 2016
SES Study Critical for Nigeria’s Broadcast Digitalisation Drive- Freeman
SES remains committed to helping economic and sustainable growth in Nigeria and accelerating the digital switchover process in the region, said Mr. Paul Freeman, SES Vice President Marketing. Freeman…
- 25 Sept 2012
NBC Hammers Broadcast Houses with Fines for Breaches
National Broadcast Commission (NBC) has handed down various sanctions and fines to some broadcasting stations in the country for violating the Nigeria broadcasting code. NBC which said it is…
- 17 Jan 2024
Court Stops NBC from Imposing Fines on Broadcasters
Federal High Court in Abuja, Wednesday, declared null and void the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorising National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcast stations…
- 16 Jul 2018
NBC Shuts Down Ekiti Broadcasting Stations Indefinitely
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has ordered the immediate shut down of the Ekiti state broadcasting service for infractions of the Nigeria broadcasting Code and the Electoral Act. The…
- 28 Oct 2020
BON, NBC Disagree over N9m Fine on Broadcast Stations for EndSARS Broadcast
The Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) has disagreed with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over N9 million fine slammed on three broadcast media stations, demanding for withdrawal…
- 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…
- 14 Dec 2015
Digital Broadcasting Migration is Nigeria’s Hope to Fight Content Piracy
Prelude to June 2017 digital broadcasting migration and with an estimated 26 million households in Nigeria in need of set-top boxes to connect to the envisaged digital broadcasting, National…
- 3 Aug 2026
NBC Files Fresh Appeal against Judgment Barring it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has filed an application seeking the permission of the court of appeal to file a fresh appeal against the judgement of the federal high court in Abuja barring…
- 13 Aug 2020
NBC Fines Nigeria Info 99.3FM N5m for Hate Speech
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Nigeria Info 99.3FM N5 million, for providing its platform to be used to promote unverifiable and inciting views that can incite crime, public…
- 27 May 2020
COVID-19: NBC Fines 3 Radio Stations over False Claims
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined three stations over broadcast of invariable content on COVID-19 and also sanctioned 28 others for other violations against the Nigeria Broadcasting…
- 27 Feb 2023
2023 Elections: NBC Warns Broadcasters against “Making Volatile Allusions”
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned broadcasters against “making volatile allusions capable of causing unrest in the country.” The broadcast regular, in a statement by Balarabe Shehu…
- 2 Nov 2017
NBC Weilds Big Stick, Sanctions 23 Radio Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 23 broadcasting stations for various breaches of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. Mrs Maimuna Jimada, head, Public Affairs, NBC, said in a…
- 2 Jul 2020
IBAN Asks NBC to Suspend Controversial Broadcasting Code
Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to suspend the implementation of the amended 6th broadcasting code. Guy Murray-Bruce, the…
- 15 Jun 2020
NBC Bars Licensees from Acquiring Exclusive Foreign Sporting Rights
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that the no broadcaster or licensee shall license or acquire foreign sporting rights in such a manner as to exclude persons, broadcasters or licensees…
- 4 Oct 2021
Don’t be Agents to Destroy Nigeria, NBC Warns Licensed Broadcast Stations
Malam Balarabe Ilelah, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has urged radio and television stations not to be agents to destroy the country. He gave the warning in Abuja on…
- 29 Mar 2014
NCC Seizes N30m Broadcast Equipment from Pirates
Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) has confiscated broadcast equipment valued at about N30 million allegedly being used to transmit illegally signals of the Multichoice Nigeria (DSTV) in Enugu.…
- 8 Mar 2021
Nigeria Targets 2022 to Complete Digital Switch Over
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revealed that Nigeria will complete its Digital Switch Over (DSO) project by the middle of 2022. Nigeria according to the Commission will then fully…
- 1 Mar 2010
NBC Slams 35 Broadcast Stations for Various Offences
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) sanctioned 35 broadcast stations across Nigeria in the month of January. A statement signed by Mallam Salihu Awwalu, NBC’s head of Public Affairs, had…
- 28 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…
- 12 May 2023
NBC Rejects Verdict against Imposition of Fines
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has disclosed that it would appeal against the ruling by the Federal High Court Abuja, which barred it from imposing fines on Nigerian broadcast stations.…
- 31 Jul 2019
Copyright Commission, Multichoice Train Manpower on Broadcast Piracy
The Nigerian Copyright Commission, (NCC) is committed to providing adequate capacity building for its staff to empower them to carry out their statutory responsibilities as regulatory and enforcement…
- 20 Oct 2008
NBC Earns N6Bn from Broadcasting Stations
A flurry of licencing activities by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fetched Nigeria some N6 billion, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations can now authoritatively reveal. There are…
- 30 Mar 2015
NBC Wields the Big Stick on NTA, Others for Breach of Broadcasting Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday released the list of broadcasting stations that contravened the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting code from the beginning of electioneering…
- 8 Feb 2013
NBC Says Nduka's “Arise News’ is Illegal in Nigeria
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said that ‘Arise News’, a new 24 hours international television news operation launched on February 5 does not have a licence to operate within the country’s…
- 6 May 2021
NBC Fines Channels, Inspiration FM N5m Each over IPOB’s Broadcast
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ask Channels TV and Inspiration FM Lagos to pay a fine N5 million each for infractions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, acting…
- 24 Aug 2009
NBC Issues November Deadline for Stations’ Audited Accounts
The Managements of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (Bon) have issued a November 30, 2009 deadline for all broadcast stations to submit their…