EKOHOTBLOG, 11TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Professor Armstrong Idachaba who is the Acting Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the commission imposed sanctions on broadcast stations during the #EndSARS protests because they were reckless in the coverage of the protests. Recall that the commission in October, imposed N3 Million fine each on media houses including ARISE … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says some broadcast stations didn’t bother to authenticate the veracity of the contents they used during the #EndSARS protests. Acting director-general of the commission, Armstrong Idachaba, made this known when he featured on ARISE TV morning show programme on Wednesday. He was reacting to the fine imposed on some Television … Read more
The Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), says the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction media firms on their style of coverage towards the #EndSARS protest has revealed the country’s anti-democratic tendencies. Recall that NBC had earlier fined Channels TV, Arise TV, and AIT over their style of coverage on the #EndSARS protest … Read more
Following a series of Pro-EndSARS tweets coming from the National Broadcasting Commission’s Twitter handle, the NBC, has confirmed that its Twitter account was hacked, stating that they are working on the retrieval. This happened barely 48 hours after viral audio released by an ‘anonymous’ supporting the #EndSARS protest, thereby giving the government 72 hours or … Read more
Human rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, has sued the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the Federal Government, and the National Broadcasting Commission for amending the Broadcast Code and hiking the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m. In the originating motion filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Mr Effiong … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission has fined a radio station, Nigeria Info, N5m, for a recent comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailaifa. NBC management in a statement titled, ‘The National Broadcasting Commission Fines Nigeria Info 99.3 For Unprofessional Broadcast’ disclosed this on Thursday, August 13. Recall that the Commission … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission has begun moves to penalise a radio station, Nigeria Info, over a recent comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailaifa. It was gathered that the NBC could term Mailaifa’s statement as hate speech and sanction the station. The PUNCH had earlier reported … Read more
– NBC has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira – The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this known in Lagos on Tuesday, August 4, while unveiling the Reviewed Broadcasting Code – He also directed broadcasting stations to encourage programmes that will enlighten and educate the public, especially on … Read more
– Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has order NBC to stop BBNaija show – The Minister explained that it became imperative to stop the show due to the coronavirus pandemic The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has given a directive to the National Broadcasting Commission to stop the transmission of the … Read more
43 new FM radio, eight campus FM radio, one community FM and 13 free-view digital terrestrial televisions have received licences front the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The grant which was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari had successful companies, institutional and communities listed, including the Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp. They have been … Read more
The Nigerian Bottling Company has announced the appointment of Matthieu Seguin as the company’s Managing Director effective. Ekohotblog reports that Seguin succeeds George Polymenakos who was appointed in August 2016. Although until his appointment, Seguin was the General Manager for Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland for almost four years. According to NBC statement signed … Read more
The Federal Government has ordered the National Broadcasting Corporation NBC, to implement the 70 percent local content in broadcasting across the nation. The Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. The statement which was signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister, Segun Adeyemi, also … Read more
Investment inflow into the Nigerian economy has declined by $460 million in the third quarter of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. Ekohotblog learnt that investment inflow into the Nigerian economy during the period was $5.36 billion compared to $5.82 billion in the second quarter. The NBS disclosed these in its … Read more
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Daar Communications Plc have resolved their disagreement after Daar’s broadcast stations were shut down by the regulator that led to the suspension of the operational licences of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM last Thursday. A statement by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) said … Read more
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, on Friday in Abuja, Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has frowned at the suspension, on Thursday of AIT and RayPower FM broadcast licence by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). He said that the suspension of the licenses of the DAAR Group and shutting down of … Read more