Tag: National Broadcasting Commission

NBC directs all Broadcasting Stations in Nigeria to suspend Twitter usage

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has directed all broadcasting stations to suspend the use of the micro-blogging service provider, Twitter. This is according to a communique put out by NBC on Monday. In the statement signed by Professor Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC noted that the directive is consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government. Citing the persistent use of Twitter for activities that are capable of undermining Nigerias corporate existence, the government suspended Twitter operations indefinitely. In line with this, the NBC directed all…

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NBC suspends licence of Ahmad Isahs Human Rights Radio for unprofessional conduct

Aminu Imam

The licence of Human Rights Radio station, owned by Ahmad Isah, popularly known as ordinary president, has been suspended by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), for recurring unprofessional conduct. Recall that the activist, in a British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) documentary programme “Africa Eye”, was seen slapping a lady who was accused of setting her brothers daughter on fire, sparking mixed reactions on and off social media. However, Isah apologised for his action but he was summoned by NBC to explain the circumstances behind the incident. In a statement issued yesterday,…

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NBC summons Brekete Family Radio/TV host over assault

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has summoned the popular Brekete Family Show host, Ahmad Isah, otherwise known as Ordinary President, for assaulting a woman. Isah, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Human Rights Radio 101.1FM radio station, Abuja, was captured slapping an interviewee in a British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), Africa Eye documentary. The woman was accused of setting her brothers daughter on fire over alleged witchcraft. According to reports, she had tied the minors hand and legs, poured kerosene on her head and ignited a fire. Isah while asking…

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FG inaugurates Digital Switch-Over in Lagos

Aminu Imam

…Liberty TV, 59 others on FreeTV platform to beam content to Lagos households   The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has officially launched the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Lagos State, to transit from analogue to digital transmission and increase television penetration. Picture caption: Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and other officials during the launch of DSO in Lagos. The event, which was held at Ikeja, Lagos, marked the beginning of the second phase of the roll-out of DSO across the federation. The DSO, which was delivered with the brand name FreeTV,…

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Breaking! NBC suspends Channels TV for speaking with IPOB

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has suspended Channels Television with a fine of N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television, signed by the Acting Director-General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, the NBC referred to the TV’s 7 pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, 25th April 2021, in which it accused the station of allowing a leader of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra, (IPOB), to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the station…

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NBC sanctions stations for airing false health cure claims, others

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the agency that regulates broadcasting activities in Nigeria, has released “the regulatory breach profile” for the period between April to June 2020. According to the NBC document, several stations received penalties for providing false health advisory to audiences and the public on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Also, a sizable number of stations got sanctioned for peddling unverifiable ‘traditional-medicine’ claims to cure diseases. The NBC said that the quarterly ‘breach profile’ report covers most of the 600 functional broadcasting stations in Nigeria. 

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