Media & Telecoms

With few days to the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned broadcast stations to adhere strictly to its broadcast code, the Electoral Act as well as other extant laws governing the coverage and…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has vowed to close down broadcast stations airing programmes capable of undermining national security and peaceful co-existence. The Director-General NBC, Malam Balarabe Ilelah, issued the warning at a meeting with broadcast stations on the coverage of the Presidential,…

The National Broadcasting Commission has warned broadcasters covering the general elections to desist from using or allowing their platforms and facilities to be used for the broadcast of content that may lead to the breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. The Director-General…

The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday gave foreign broadcasters who have offices in Nigeria and beam their signals into the country to register within 30 days. The commission also advised Internet Protocol Television and others streaming online to register with the commission to…

The National Broadcasting Commission has called on all stakeholders to desist from using children images for political advertisement. NBC Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah, made the call in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ilelah condemned the usage of children…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 67 new broadcast licenses. This brings the total number of approved broadcast licenses by Buhari to 473 with the number of functional broadcast stations in Nigeria rising to 740. The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Malam Balarabe…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise News TV and TVC N2 million each for allegedly breaching the national broadcasting code in the countdown to the 2023 general elections. The NBC director general, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, imposed the fine in separate letters…

National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned broadcasters and journalists to shun hate speech and inflammatory remarks ahead of the forthcoming general election to ensure peace and harmony in the country. The zonal director, NBC, Kaduna zone, Mallam Jamilu Yahaya Jega gave the warning…

Airtel Networks Limited has paid the Nigerian Communications Commission $316.7m for 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3500MHz band for the deployment of fifth-generation network and 2x5MHz of 2600MHz to boost its fourth-generation coverage in the country. The firm stated this in an…

The accumulated debt from the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) banks are owing the telecommunication companies (telcos) has risen to N80 billion as at November this year. The Chairman, Association of Licenced Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, who revealed the…