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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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“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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Political Appointment: Northern Elders, NBMOA congratulate Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

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Aminu Imam The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has welcomed the news of the appointment of Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the Special Adviser to Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that the announcement of Dr. Hakeem’s appointment as the Special Adviser on Political Matters in the office of the Vice-President, was made yesterday. Chairman of NBMOA’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in a congratulatory message issued via a press statement yesterday, extended warm congratulations to Dr. Baba-Ahmed on his new role. The association…

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Political Appointment: Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association congratulates Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed

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Aminu Imam The news of the appointment of Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the Special Adviser to Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, was met with congratulatory messages from various quarters, including the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA). Recall that the announcement of Dr. Hakeem’s appointment as the Special Adviser on Political Matters in the office of the Vice-President by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was made yesterday. Chairman of NBMOA’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in a press statement on Tuesday, extended warm congratulations to Dr. Baba-Ahmed on his new…

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Northern Broadcast Media owners condole with Dokpesi family 

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Founder/Owner of Liberty TV and FM Stations and Chairman, Board of Trustee Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA) condoled with the Dokpesi family on the death of High Chief (Dr) Raymond Aleogho Anthony Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications Plc. According to the NBMOA Chairman, the respected media owner, who passed-on yesterday morning, is a distinguished Nigerian who has contributed to the growth and development of the Private and Independent Broadcast Media in Nigeria as a Pioneer, with his establishment of Ray-power FM in Lagos.  Dr. Ramalan prayed that may his…

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2023 Media Patronage: Northern Broadcast establishment raises concern over marginalisation

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…Threaten blackout of APC PCC campaign Executives of some Northern Media TV and Radio stations say it has come to their knowledge that their colleagues in the South-West region have been mobilised to roll out Radio and TV advertisement materials on the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential campaign. The concerned media executives lamented that while about 60 of south-based media stations have been mobilised, northern based broadcast establishments seem to be sidelined and not carried along. The executives have already filed complaints with the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and…

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2023: Kwankwaso unveils blueprint for Northern development

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The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will on Tuesday unveil his agenda for the development of Northern Nigeria, as part of the on-going campaign for the 2023 presidential contest. Kwankwaso will be a guest at the Presidential Media Chat, organised by the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA). Speaking in Abuja, the Chairman of the Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, said the association has organised the media chat to offer presidential candidates the opportunity to explain their agenda, particularly for the North, as…

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“Disregard North and pay a heavy price” – Northern Broadcast Media Chieftain tells presidential candidates

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The Chairman, Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), Alh. Abdullah Yelwa, Ajiyan Yauri, has called on political parties and their candidates not to make the mistake of underrating the potency of the broadcast media stations in the North as political campaigns are set to commence. Alhaji Yelwa, who is the founder and chairman of Caliphate Radio/Television, said, “We note with deep concern the tendency of some political actors to prioritise the use of a few Lagos-based television stations for political messaging in the North.  According to him, “Political education and…

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SecureNorth: Media owners lament insecurity, begin sensitisation in 19 States

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Media owners in the Northern region, under the aegis of Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA) have expressed frustration over the activities of terrorists, bandits and other social vices bedeviling the North. The association has in this regard announced the commencement of media advocacy and crusade against some of the ills confronting the region and the nation at large. NBMOA is a forum for Northern media broadcast owners and other stakeholders in the broadcast industry, for the promotion of regional and national development, professionalism and the growth of the broadcast…

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Just In! PDP National Convention: Northern Media Broadcast Owners Association calls-off live coverage boycott by its members

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Following the intervention of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) political stakeholders from the North, specifically, Adamu Maina Waziri, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki and others in the leadership of the PDP, the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has notified all its members and the general public that its earlier protest against the party has been redressed. The NBMOA, according to a press statement issued on Friday , stated that its earlier call for the boycott of the Convention by its members has therefore been withdrawn, saying, “Our members will therefore cover…

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