The Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has rejected the amendments to the sixth edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, saying that the Information minister, Lai Mohammed acted alone. The Chairman of the Board, Ikra Bilbis, stated the position of the board on Thursday, August 14 while addressing a news conference in Abuja. Daily […]
Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Mr. Tony Okoroji, has described as unenforceable some of the provisions in the broadcast code recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Okoroji made his view known on his Twitter handle, @Tonyokoroji. In the tweet, the copyright activist said some of the intendments of the new code […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined three stations over broadcast of invariable content on COVID-19 and also sanctioned 28 others for other violations against the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The Acting Director-General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Idachaba said the three stations fined were […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned both traditional and the on-line media to uphold the guiding tenets of journalism in objectivity, factual and decent reportage. The Director General of the commission, Mallam Ishaq Modibo Kawu in reaction to an incorrect report circulating on the Internet on Sunday in Abuja said: “The NBC would like […]
The federal government has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech, as part of efforts to stem the growing tide in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, directed in Abuja on Thursday at the 3rd Annual Lecture Series of the […]