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- 19 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 May 2016
Pinnacle Communications to Drop Suit against FG over DSO
Pinnacle Communications Limited, a major signal distributor is set to drop its N1.2 trillion suit against the government. The company had in 2015 dragged the federal government before a Federal High…
- 20 Aug 2016
NBC, Pinnacle Resolve Legal Dispute over Digital Migration
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Pinnacle Communication Limited have announced that the legal bottleneck that hampered the country’s chances of meeting the June 2017 switchover from…
- 18 Feb 2020
Omoluwa, Pinnacle Communications Chairman Dies
Mr Lucky Omoluwa, chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, has reportedly died at the National Hospital Abuja, after a brief illness. Lucky Omoluwa Omoluwa, a philanthropist and businessman, has…
- 28 Jun 2019
ICPC on Second Round Road to Pinnacle Flogging
By Garba Tanko As the ICPC's embarrassing entanglement with Pinnacle Communications Limited over NBC's duly approved DSO payment of N2.5 billion approaches the end of the road, it has been dragged to…
- 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).…
- 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…
- 5 Jul 2019
Documents Show Lai Mohammed Okayed N2.5Bn Payment to Pinnacle
Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information has finally made a statement to the ICPC investigators taking responsibility for the approval of the N2.5 billion payment to Pinnacle Communications…
- 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…
- 25 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…
- 25 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…
- 14 Dec 2018
Court Unfreezes Pinnacle Account, Counsels Anti-Graft Agencies
Nnamdi Dimgba, Federal High Court Judge has ordered Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to unfreeze the account of Pinnacle Communications Limited and counselled anti-corruption agencies…
- 11 Mar 2019
DSO Nigeria Jinxed Again!
By Tolagbe Oworu As the chequered history of the Digital Switch Over(DSO) from analogue broadcasts in Nigeria encounters yet another setback, it is disheartening but inevitable to conclude that it…
- 27 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…
- 3 Dec 2018
ICPC/DSO: Interrogating the Investigator
BY HAMID HENDRIX Actions are governed by intentions. This a very profound principle of divine justice in Islam which reflects the exalted insight into the essence of determining the true…
- 7 Dec 2018
Court Warns ICPC Against Misrepresenting Court Proceedings
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, federal high court judge has warned the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) against misrepresenting proceedings of the court saying he took strong exceptions to a…
- 15 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…
- 1 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Feb 2019
ICPC to Arraign NBC Boss, Others over Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud
Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 12 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arraign Mr Ishaq Modibbo, director-general of the National…
- 4 Dec 2018
Pinnacle Kicks as ICPC Freezes Account over Alleged N2.5Bn Fraud, Court Rules December 14
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 14, for ruling in a motion on notice challenging the freezing of an account belonging to Pinnacle Communications Ltd by the Independent…
- 24 Mar 2019
FG, Operators Meet to End DSO Crisis
The federal government has resolved the brewing crisis threatening the implementation of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in the country. Gen. Babagana…
- 20 May 2019
ICPC: Corrupting the N2. 5Bn News
By Hamid Hendrix The ICPC should have learnt lessons on the ills of trial-by-media by now, but the contrary is evident. It all began when it put out a press release in November last year announcing…
- 9 May 2019
Lai Mohammed Okayed Payment of N2.5Bn to Pinnacle for DSO Project- Witness
Mrs Alheri Saidu, a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), called in the trial of Ishaq Modibbo, director general, National Broadcasting Commission…
- 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…
- 8 Dec 2019
NYCN Calls Out ICPC for Persecuting NBC, Others
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has advised the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to discontinue forthwith the jamboree prosecution and persecution of Mr Lucky Omoluwa,…
- 21 Oct 2019
Again, Minister’s Absence Delays Trial of NBC Boss
The absence of two prosecution witnesses on Monday stalled proceedings in the trial of Is’haq Modibo Kawu, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and three others before a Federal…
- 25 Dec 2018
DSO Throws Open over 30 Free TV Channels for Nigerians
Thousands of families subscribed to the FreeTV platform powered by the Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in Nigeria enjoyed real time cross-country high definition viewing…
- 22 Nov 2018
Stakeholders Caution ICPC Over Moves to Scuttle Digital Switch-over
Following the recent moves by some top officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to disrupt the hitherto smooth migration from analogue to digital…