Going by the press release put out by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Tuesday, October 20, 2020, basically cautioning Nigerian broadcasting outlets not to publish news that might potentially embarrass the country, the recent sanctions placed on African Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television and Arise TV requiring a fee up to three million Naira for... Read More

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October 26, 2020

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#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: The government is trying to gag the media and this won’t be the first time | #EndSARS

Ever since the #LekkiMassacre took place, several attempts have been made by the political class to cover up and disregard clear evidence of the murder of many innocent young Nigerians. Not only have they tried to silence those at the forefront of the protest who documented the gruesome murder of fellow peaceful protesters, but they... Read More

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August 28, 2017

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FG not planning to gag media houses – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government, in its ongoing fight against hate speech and fake news. will not make any law or directive that will ‘disturb’ processes in media houses. The Minister gave the assurance on Monday in Lagos when he paid a working visit to the... Read More

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August 22, 2017

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The Thread: Does NBC’s new rules against hate speech meet these standards?

Yesterday, President Buhari took a hard line against speech that crosses “national red lines“. TwitterNG did not receive his address well. However, the NBC has gone ahead to institute new rules against hate speech for Radio and TV broadcasters. Amongst other things, the rules ban discussion of ongoing cases, fines stations for allowing callers air... Read More

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October 20, 2016

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Exclusive: The NBC has started giving terrestrial TV licenses again – starting from N100m

Low key, this one. A high-level source at the National Broadcasting Commission just confirmed to The Media Blog (TMB) that the federal government has quietly stared approving licenses for direct-to-home TV, in preparation for the digital switch-over. The digital switch-over, in essence, moves Nigerians away from an analogue reception system which much of the developed... Read More

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October 15, 2016

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YNaija Analysis: The FG owes Emeka Mba an apology – here’s why

The current Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, announced that the N10 billion seized by the EFCC will be returned to the commission, because it is money realised from the sale of spectrum bandwidth from MTN to finance the digital switch over. Why does this vindicate Emeka Mba? Previous attempts... Read More

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October 11, 2016

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TMB Data: How many people watch Nigerian TV?

We had a very active National Broadcasting Commission under former director-general, Emeka Mba. Successive ministers of information saw and left him alone to keep moving. Under this particular minister? Well, Change will have to begin with you. Passive-aggressive shading done, the reason we are referring to all that jazz is ‘cause to get any useful... Read More

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September 19, 2014

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“We did not ban Shoki” – National Brodcasting commission denies sanctioning Lil Kesh’s song

by Kolapo Olapoju The National Broadcasting commission of Nigeria has refuted claims that it banned ‘Shoki’, a song by YBNL signed artiste, Lil Kesh. The commission disclosed this on Friday, 19 September, through its Twitter handle, saying, “Its come to the NBC’s attention that we allegedly banned “Shoki”. We at the National Broadcasting Commission can... Read More

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