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- 4 May 2015
NBC to Tackle Anti-Competitive Practices in Nigerian Broadcasting Industry
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) appears ready to tackle headlong the long standing issue of competition within the Nigerian TV market. The Commission recently invited an international team of…
- 16 Jun 2008
Digital Broadcasting: Nigerians to Spend $2Bn
Nigerians would need at least some $20 billion to migrate to digital broadcasting in June 17, 2012, that is four years from now when the federal government would ban traditional over-the-air TV…
- 16 Jun 2008
Digital Broadcasting: Nigerians to Spend $2Bn
Nigerians would need at least some $20 billion to migrate to digital broadcasting in June 17, 2012, that is four years from now when the federal government would ban traditional over-the-air TV…
- 30 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…
- 23 Aug 2012
FEC Approves Merger of NCC/NBC
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the merger of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), paving way for the collapse of the two agencies…
- 3 Sept 2012
Exercise Caution in NBC/NCC Merger
The sentiments greeting the proposed merger of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) have been varied but the federal government must be careful…
- 8 Apr 2014
FG Says No to Merger of NCC, NBC, NIPOST
Federal government has rejected the recommendation that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the regulatory functions of Nigerian Postal Service…
- 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…
- 23 Jun 2008
We Need More Nigerian Content in Broadcasting-Bolarinwa
Engr Yomi Bolarinwa director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the agency that is responsible for the regulation of broadcast services in the country is one of Nigeria’s finest…
- 15 Oct 2019
NCC Warns Cable Operators Against Broadcast Piracy
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has indicated its commitment to intensify its enforcement of broadcast rights in the country just as it tasked licensed cable operators in Nigeria to respect…
- 4 Jun 2025
NBC, Nigcomsat Launch Satellite Plan to Transform Broadcasting
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) have jointly introduced “The Big Picture’, a flagship initiative under Nigeria’s renewed Digital…
- 29 Apr 2018
NBC Sanctions NTA, Others for Breaching Broadcasting Code
The National Broadcasting Commission has warned and sanctioned 121 radio stations across the country for breaching the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The Nigerian Television Authority, Channels…
- 17 Jul 2022
SNM Rejects Duplication of NBC Functions
Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), a civil society organisation, has kicked against the bill seeking to establish the Society of Nigerian Broadcasters to duplicate the functions of the existing National…
- 2 Apr 2012
Bolarinwa Seeks Convergence of Broadcast Licenses
Yomi Bolarinwa, director-general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has urged for the harmonization of broadcast licenses by NBC and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in view of the…
- 19 May 2009
NBC, NCC Organize Workshop for Pay TV Operators
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have organized a two-day workshop for pay subscription broadcast operators in Nigeria, as part of the public-private…
- 3 Jul 2019
NCC, NTA Partner for Enhanced Copyright Protection in Broadcast Industry
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) have reached a commitment to launch an intensive copyright awareness and enforcement campaign to engender a…
- 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.…
- 11 Jul 2018
NCC Confiscates N30M Worth of Suspected Broadcast Contrivances
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has carried out an anti broadcast enforcement raid in Warri, Delta state, with the seizure of several broadcast contrivances worth Thirty Million Naira (N30,…
- 9 Jun 2008
NCC, NBC Merger without Nitda
After many years of indecision, federal government is now ready to change the communications landscape with the merger of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the Nigerian Communications…
- 20 Sept 2022
NCC Arrests Suspected Broadcast Pirate, Impounds Contrivances
Operatives of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have arrested a suspected broadcast pirate, Mr. Ajaye West William for illicit redistribution of broadcast signals belonging to various right…
- 16 Oct 2023
NBC to Investigate Pay TV Operators over Alleged Extortion of Nigerians
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has disclosed plans to investigate MultiChoice Nigeria over DStv, GOtv, and other digital satellite cables over alleged extortion of Nigerians. This was…
- 8 Jan 2016
NCC Seeks FMC Intervention over NBC/MTN N36Bn Spectrum Licence Deal
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has washed its hands off the N36billion spectrum licence deal entered into by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and MTN Nigeria about five months…
- 6 Feb 2017
NCC Confiscates N1.5m Pirated Broadcast Contrivances
Officers of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have destroyed several broadcast devices used in the illegal distribution of copyright protected cable Television Signal within the North and South…
- 30 Oct 2013
Akpabio Urges NBC to Digitize Broadcast Media by 2015
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has urged the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ensure that all broadcast stations in the country were completely digitised by 2015. Akpabio made the…
- 12 Dec 2016
Copyright Commission Raids Pirates in Sapele
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in an anti-broadcast piracy operation tagged “Operation Tiger Claw” has raided areas suspected to be notorious in transmission of illegal broadcast signals and…
- 8 Oct 2023
Amnesty International Criticises NBC for Warning Arise TV on Alleged Codes Violation
Amnesty International has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) final warning to Arise Television station on alleged violation of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, urging the Nigerian…
- 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…
- 4 Jan 2013
NCC Arrests 8, Impounds Illegal Broadcast Equipment
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) operatives working with law enforcement agencies have arrested eight suspects and impounded an estimated N3 million worth of illegal broadcast contrivances being…
- 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…
- 24 Aug 2020
Lai Mohammed Says Reviewed NBC Code in Nigeria’s Best Interest
Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and culture, has insisted that the recent amendment to the sixth edition of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), as part…