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NBC: Again, ICPC can’t produce witness over alleged N2.5bn DSO fraud

It was yet another moment of excuses on the part of ICPC prosecuting Counsel, Mr E.C. Otti, on Monday as he begged trial judge, Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja for adjournment in the trial of Mr…

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NBC tours STB factory in Calabar, says funding delaying DSO

Fact has emerged on why not much had been heard from the management of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the progress of Nigeria’s digital switchover (DSO) which the last several months. Speaking during a recent tour of a private…

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NBC holds 5th Annual lecture in Abuja Tuesday

All is set for the 5th Annual Lecture of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 by 10am. The lecture, which is in furtherance of the Commission’s resolve…

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Media must be conducted in national interest, sense of duty, professionalism—NBC DG

The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Is’haq Modibbo Kawu has opened the 2019 National Broadcast Summit in Calabar, with a charge to stakeholders to always conduct their programming and offerings with high sense of national interest,…

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Consolidation of social media serious challenge to conventional media—NBC

The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has argued that “Scholars of the media around the world all agree that the advent and consolidation of social media has posed a great challenge to conventional media…

Just in: NBC’s new broadcasting code under test as Ohaneze replies CNG on suspended Ruga

The first litmus test for the new Nigerian Broadcasting Code unveiled by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in Kano on Thursday following the continued broadcast and airing of alleged hate and dangerous speech made by one Abdul Azeez Suleman, on…

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Just in: Unveiled 6th edition of Broadcasting Code tightens lose ends on hate speech, others

Days of publishing, airing or broadcasting materials that tend to suggest hate or dangerous speech in any ramification from today in Nigeria are numbered. This is based on the fact that the latest National Broadcasting Code, the sixth edition, launched…

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NBC to unveil 6th Edition Nigerian Broadcasting Code in Kano Thursday—DG

The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has disclosed that all is set for the today’s launch of the sixth edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code in Kano. Addressing the press in his office in…

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PayTV operators to end carriage of free terrestrial TV channels soon—NBC

The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has disclosed that the days of Pay TV operators carrying free terrestrial TV channels are getting numbered. Addressing the media in his office recently in Abuja, he revealed…

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Just in: NBC restores AIT, Raypower’s suspended licence

The Nigerian broadcast regulatory agency, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Friday announced the withdrawal of the suspension of operating licence of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower 100.5FM. This was the outcome of consultative meetings…