Tag: Arewa24 TV

Abuja High Court set to begin Northern Broadcast Owners Association’s landmark case against Arewa24 TV illegal operations In Nigeria 

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Abuja Court on NBM0A

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA)’s  legal suit is set to begin on Friday, November 29th, 2024, before the Federal High Court Abuja against Network Arewa24 Ltd., operators of the Arewa24 TV channel, as well as seven other parties, alleging unlawful operations, monopolistic practices, and cultural exploitation. Other defendants in the suit include: the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, (ARCON), Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council, MultiChoice Nigeria, StarTimes Nigeria amongst others. According to an…

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Kano Citizens petition EFCC to investigate US-owned Arewa24 TV over alleged financial crimes

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Broadcasting studio 

The Kano Concerned Citizens Initiative (KCCI) has officially petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Arewa24 TV, a US-owned TV channel operating in Nigeria, on allegations of severe economic and financial misconduct. In a statement issued yesterday, signed by KCCI spokesperson, Sayeedi Umar Ahmed, KCCI accused the television network of engaging in tax evasion, capital flight, money-laundering, and other sharp practices that reportedly violate Nigerian laws. According to the petition, KCCI claims that Arewa24 TV has been conducting its media and advertising business in Nigeria illegally, thereby…

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Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association sues Arewa24 Ltd, others for operating without license

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 Northern Media sues Arewa24

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA) Board of Trustees (BoT) has initiated legal action against Arewa24 Limited and seven other parties for operating illegally without license in Nigeria. In an issued statement yesterday, Chairman of the NBMOA Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, said the unlicensed broadcasting activities of the defendants threaten the established legal and competitive media landscape, thereby adversely affecting media owners and audiences across Nigeria. The suit, which is scheduled for a hearing before Justice Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in the…

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General Kazir (rtd) accuses Arewa24 TV channel of subverting northern unity

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General Kazir

A retired Army General,  Brig.-Gen. Kapeh Alwali Kazir has accused the popular media outlet AREWA24 of undermining the unity of Northern Nigeria, describing the channel as a tool for divisive narratives that harm the region’s cohesion. In a sharply-worded statement issued yesterday, Brig. Gen. Kazir warned that Arewa24 is part of a larger conspiracy aimed at weakening the North by promoting division along religious and ethnic lines. According to him, the channel’s activities are damaging to the North’s values, and could ultimately contribute to the destruction of the region if…

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Broadcast Industry: Northern Media Owners file complaints to regulators against ‘unlicenced’ Arewa24 TV’s illegal operations, monopoly and exploiting region’s cultural violations

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NMBOA laments

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has officially lodged a complaint against Network Arewa24 Ltd, operators of the Arewa24 TV channel, accusing the station of monopolizing the Northern Nigerian broadcast media market and violating both consumer rights and anti-trust practices. The complaint was submitted to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, (ARCON). In a press statement issued yesterday by the NBMOA Board of Trustees, (BoT), the association said Arewa 24 TV, originally known as Network…

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“Why ‘state of emergency’ is a must in Nigeria’s Broadcast Industry” – LibertyTV Panel

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Liberty TV panel

…Says Arewa24 TV, unlicenced by NBC, using Arewa brand name to operate A three-man panel on a LibertyTV flagship programme: “Democracy In Practice’, which included Executive Secretary,  Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BoN),  Dr. Yemi Bamgbose, Dr. Emman Shehu, of the International Institute of Journalism and a Media Consultant, Sa’idu Carpenter have affirmed that the current situation in Nigeria’s broadcast industry requires a holistic overhaul through a ‘state of emergency’ in order to arrest its slide and prevention its shutdown. The Panel’s lead discussant, Dr. Yemi Bamgbose, who spoke on wide ranging issues and consequences…

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“Save Nigeria’s Indigenous Private TV Channels from Underhand Acts Of Arewa24 TV” –  Northern Broadcast Media Owners Appeal to Tinubu

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BoN declares2

…Says it’s an un-licensed foreign TV channel by NBC, using Arewa brand name to operate The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has called for urgent intervention to address challenges faced by indigenous private television channels in Nigeria. In an open letter addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for NBMOA, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, outlined the severe difficulties local broadcasters encounter, exacerbated by what he described as underhanded practices by Arewa24 TV, allegedly an unlicensed foreign channel operating under the Arewa brand name…

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