The Federal High Court in Lagos has extended the order preventing President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from withdrawing the licences of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) had on August 29, 2022, granted an Read More…
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NBC momentarily withdraws shutdown of Silverbird, 50 others
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced a momentary suspension of shutdown notice issued to African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and 50 other broadcast stations. NBC had announced the revocation of operation licences of the 52 broadcast stations over their indebtedness to the Commission Friday last week. The Commission however extended the 24-hour shutdown order Read More…
ARCON bans foreign models, voice-over artists for adverts
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), has banned the use of foreign models and Voice-Over Artists (VOA) in Nigerian advertising media. In a statement signed by Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, the Director-General ARCON, the ban was in line with the Federal Government’s policy of developing local content, inclusive economic growth and the need to take Read More…
[List] NBC Shuts Down 52 TV, Radio Stations
List includes Silverbird, Rhythm, Smooth, Classic, Beats, Radio Lagos The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has shut down 52 television and radio stations over the non-payment of licence fees. The broadcasting watchdog said the stations had violated the National Broadcasting Commission Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, particularly section 10(a) of the Read More…
EU court declines to lift Russia broadcasting ban
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a request by Russian news network RT France to lift a broadcasting ban imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia over Russia-Ukraine conflict. “The EU General Court dismisses Russia Today France’s application for annulment of the EU Council’s acts,’’ the ECJ said on Twitter on Wednesday. Read More…
The BBC in Nigeria – Between Reporting and Propagating Terror
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying the faces, voices and stories of killers and marauders who are still operating with impunity across Nigeria. The public interest argument seems Read More…
Peter Obi, Putin, Bianca top Google searches
The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu, according to Google Nigeria. The online search engine giant disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion Read More…
Nweke urges media to set agenda for sustainable democracy
A former Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke Jnr, has urged the media to enhance their professionalism and set the agenda to consolidate Nigeria’s democracy. Nweke made the call on Tuesday in Enugu while presenting a paper at the town-hall meeting organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors for the media and Civil Society Organisations Read More…
UK government to cut funding for BBC – Mail on Sunday report
Britain’s government will cut the BBC’s funding by ordering a two-year freeze on the fee that people pay to watch the broadcaster, the Mail on Sunday reported. The future of the licence-payer funded British Broadcasting Corporation is a perpetual topic of political debate, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government most recently suggesting its funding needs Read More…
Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame inducts Dokpesi, Izamoje, Craig, others
A second set of broadcasting elite have been inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The new batch of inductees to the Broadcasters Hall of Fame was released by the Broadcasters Guild of Nigeria, BGN. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Guild, Ohi Ojo, the list includes two former Directors General of Read More…