Tag: Broadcast industry

Babandede appointed Interim Chairman of Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA)

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Mohammed Babandede

The Board of Trustees of the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has appointed Muhammad Babandede, (OFR) as the Interim Chairman of the Executive Council of the association.  The appointment, conveyed in an official letter signed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, will take effect from December 1, 2024. Babandede, a former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), who currently serves as the Chairman/CEO of Muhasa Television and Radio, will lead the association for an interim period of six months. During…

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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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DSO: Abuja Court bars NBC from interfering on Nigeria’s Analogue-to-Digital TV transition

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Court orders on broadcast

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), yesterday delivered its ruling in a suit seeking to stop the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), from terminating a contracts of some associations of Licensed Set-Top Manufacturers on the movement of Nigeria from analogue to digital television. Justice A.M. Ademu, a vacation judge, ordered to serve the defendants, NBC the Motion on Notice filed, in order to enable them respond. The Parties were also ordered to maintain Status Quo pending the hearing of the Motion on Notice already filed by the applicants,…

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Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners call for urgent action, amid economic and security crisis

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Broadcasting banner

The Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners’ Forum, (ABMPF), has voiced deep concerns over the growing hardships faced by Nigerians. In a press statement issued yesterday, signed by its Chairman of the Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners’ Forum, Abdullahi I Yelwa, (Ajiyan Yauri), the Forum cited the recent hike in petroleum product prices and skyrocketing costs of goods and services as major contributors to the country’s economic meltdown, which they claim has brought significant suffering to ordinary citizens and workers. The ABMPF called on the government to allow the Dangote Refinery to operate…

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Digital Switch Over (DSO):Local Set-Top Box manufacturers express concern over planned wrong utilisation of NBC’s N10bn grant

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Broadcasting

The prolonged and troubled journey towards Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) in broadcasting has once again come under scrutiny in light of the recent N10billion grant by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC). The Set Top Box Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (STBMAN), represented by its Chairman, Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa, has voiced strong concerns regarding Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO)project’s direction, attributing the delays to either corruption or incompetence within the responsible agencies. At a recent press conference held in Abuja, the STBMAN highlighted the significant challenges that have hindered the progress…

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Digital Switch Over (DSO): Local Set-Top Box manufacturers express concern over planned wrong utilization of NBC’s N10bn grant

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Broadcasting

Aminu Imam The prolonged and troubled journey towards Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) in broadcasting has once again come under scrutiny in light of the recent N10billion grant by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC). The Set Top Box Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (STBMAN), represented by its Chairman, Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa, has voiced strong concerns regarding Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO)project’s direction, attributing the delays to either corruption or incompetence within the responsible agencies. At a recent press conference held in Abuja, the STBMAN highlighted the significant challenges that have hindered…

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President Tinubu approves N10bn to fast-track Digital Switch-Over from analogue TV broadcasting – DG NBC

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NBC DG on DSO

President Bola Tinubu has approved N10 billion to fast-track the process of achieving Digital Switch-Over (DSO), in the country. The Digital Switch-Over is the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. Recall that the Federal Government commenced the implementation of the Whitepaper on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) in 2022, which will limit Pay-TV operators from self-carriage of their signals. The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Charles Ebuebu, whi disclosed this yesterday during a joint press conference with the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu…

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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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