President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Armstrong Idachaba as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, and replaced him with Balarabe Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster. Idachaba, a Christian from the North-Central Kogi State, was appointed in February 2020 to head the NBC. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in […]

Following the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has directed all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately.  The Commission asked all broadcast stations to deinstall their Twitter handles and desist from using it as a source of information gathering for News […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the Kano digital switchover will commence in June, with 30 television stations in the state. The Acting Director General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Indachaba stated this while briefing newsmen on the sideline of a one day Digital Switchover (DSO) sensitisation, on Tuesday in Kano. Indachaba said the DSO […]

By Nnamdi Ojiego The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has rejected the N5m fine imposed on Channels Television and Inspiration FM by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, for alleged infractions. These fines, according to the Guild, are punitive, arbitrary and against press freedom. “The NBC is punishing Channels TV for interviewing the spokesman for the […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke Despite widespread  criticism that trailed its earlier reprimand of  Channels TV for  granting leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has finally asked Channels Television to pay a fine of N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. Also fined N5million alongside Channels Television is  Inspiration FM […]