The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has applied the big stick on Daar Communications Ltd, parent company of Africa Independent Television, AIT and RAYPOWER and other electronic media houses in Nigeria for alleged violation of broadcasting code and failure to pay renewal fee for their licences. The other media houses include 21 state broadcasting corporations and…
NGE Cries Out Over Closure of AIT, Ray Power
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has condemns in very strong terms the indefinite suspension of the licenses of the African Independent Television, AIT, and Ray Power by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. The Guild, in a statement issued this Friday by its President, Funke Egbemode and Secretary, Mary Atolagbe demanded immediate revocation of the…
NBC Apologises For Failing To Switch To Digital TV
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has apologised to Nigerians for its inability to switch from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) on the June 17 international deadline. This was contained in a statement signed by Awwalu Salihu, the Commission’s director, public affairs, in Abuja The statement however assured Nigerians that disappointing as it might be,…
FG Sues NBC and Coca-Cola Nigeria
The Federal Government has dragged the Nigerian Bottling Company, Coca-Cola Nigeria and the chief executives of both firms before a Federal High Court in Abuja for criminal breach of the Consumer Protection Council Act, CPC. In a statement issued on Monday, Mohammed Adoke, the Attorney General of the Federation, alleged that the two accused persons…