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- 1 Feb 2010
Transition to Digital Broadcasting Requires Careful Planning - Bolarinwa
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) a parastatal of the Federal Government of Nigeria, empowered to regulate the broadcasting industry. Under him, the NBC is now…
- 22 Dec 2008
Africast 2008 was Positive for Nigeria – Bolarinwa
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that Africast Conference and Exhibitions held in Abuja last October was a positive development for Nigeria, as…
- 20 Oct 2008
We Are Ready to Host Africast – Bolarinwa
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has affirmed that the commission is set to host the 2008 Africast conference and exhibitions with the theme:…
- 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…
- 9 Mar 2009
President Confirms Bolarinwa Director General NBC
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa’s appointment as the substantive director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been approved by President Umaru Musa. In the letter conveying the…
- 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…
- 11 Jan 2010
Beacon of ICT Awards
ICT MAN of THE YEAR Bolarinwa: Steering Nigeria to Digitization Yomi Bolarinwa, Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is steering the emergence of a truly sustainable Broadcast…
- 16 Mar 2009
Bolarinwa Cautions Campus Radio Operators on Coverage
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned the 18 higher institutions granted radio licences, to strictly operate within the limits of their…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 17 May 2013
Mba, New NBC Boss Assumes Office
Mr. Emeka Mba, new director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),has assumed duty following his appointment by the federal government last week. He replaced Yomi Bolarinwa, and on his…
- 22 Dec 2008
NBC Urges Operators to Improve service Delivery
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has charged operators of terrestrial, radio and television stations in the country to make use of the dynamic nature of the…
- 5 May 2009
NBC Spells out Broadcast Laws, Sanctions Adaba FM
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has stressed the need for broadcasting stations to play strictly by the rules as contained in the Nigeria Broadcasting…
- 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…
- 17 Oct 2012
NBC Moves to Crown Content King @ AFRICAST
National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) is hoping to use this year’s AFRICAST, the biennial gathering of African broadcasters, content managers and equipment manufacturers to address the challenges…
- 8 Feb 2010
Broadcast Regulators Task Stations on Revenue, Equipment
Mallam Abubakar Jijiwa, chairman, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (Bon) has urged government owned broadcast stations to devise means of generating revenue in order to stay in business.…
- 2 Mar 2009
NBC Grants 18 Campus Radio Licenses
The National Broadcast Commission (NBC) has granted radio broadcast licenses to 18 tertiary institutions across the country, following President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s approval. Giving the…
- 2 Feb 2009
Minister Harps on Local Content during Family Belt
Prof. Dora Akunyili, minister of information and communications has harped on the need for terrestrial broadcasters to air programmes rich in local content during the family belt period which is…
- 19 Oct 2009
NBC at Public Forum, Tasks Broadcasters on Quality of Content, Others
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has once again demonstrated that Nigerian citizens own the airwaves, with the gathering in Uyo of various stakeholders in that zone in the popular Public…
- 12 Jan 2009
Governor Namadi Sambo Visits NBC Headquarters
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) played host to governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State last Wednesday at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The Governor who was there to…
- 20 Oct 2008
Committee on Digitization Goes to Work
Federal government has inaugurated a 25-man advisory committee to ensure the smooth transition of the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. The committee is headed by Engr. Isaac Wakombo,…
- 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…
- 29 Jun 2009
NBC Cautions Broadcasters on EPL Rights
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) last week disclosed that broadcasters paid more than N5.8 billion for the English Premier League (EPL) rights, which it thought was quite outrageous.…
- 26 Oct 2009
NBC Cautions Broadcasters on Vulgar Content
To prove its commitment to ensuring that the airwaves are free from unwholesome programmes, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned radio and TV stations in the country on the…
- 14 Dec 2009
Akinola at Love FM, Urges Station to Broadcast Truth
Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, archbishop and primate of All Anglican Communion has challenged a new radio station in Abuja to dare to broadcast the truth at all times without fear or favour in…
- 1 Jun 2009
NBC Harps on Equity, Decency at Akure Forum
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) held a public forum in Akure last week, and the focus was on equity, fairness and decency as key to sustainable broadcasting. The Akure forum is third in…
- 25 May 2009
NBC Harps on Equity, Decency at Akure Forum
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) held a public forum in Akure last week, and the focus was on equity, fairness and decency as key to sustainable broadcasting. The Akure forum is third in…
- 1 Feb 2010
NBC, Stakeholders Brainstorm on Broadcast Policy
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that it will soon come out with broadcast policy frame work for life coverage of election and crisis in the country. Alhaji Ibrahim Najume, chairman of…
- 22 Sept 2008
Africast 2008 to Focus on Digitisation - Bolarinwa
Africast Conference and Exhibition, the much awaited biennial affair will be holding at the Abuja Sheraton Hotels and Towers between 21st and 23rd October, 2008 and is themed: Digitisation and the…
- 5 May 2009
NBC Opens Hotline, Invites Complaints
If you hear or see something on the radio or television that you think breaches a code, you can now file complaints to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), which has established processes for…