THE National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday revealed that it has sent a bill for the regulation of social media to the national assembly. The Director-General of NBC, Balarabe Ilelah disclosed this on Tuesday when he hosted the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris at the commission’s headquarters. …
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Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd, has been recognised for its efforts in driving best practices across its operations. The recognitions were given across three key categories at this year’s edition of the Africa Procurement & Supply Chain Awards (APSCA), held recently in Lagos. Organised by InstinctWave, the awards, according …
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A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines, henceforth, on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed, on March 1, 2019, on each of the …
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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined Arise News and TVC N2 million for alleged violations of national broadcasting codes. NBC stated in separate letters to the broadcasting stations that the fines must be paid within two weeks of receiving the letters, or the sanction will be graduated. More details later…
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Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, has urged stakeholders in the manufacturing sector to embrace sustainable manufacturing across their operations as a tool to mitigate the impact of climate change in Nigeria. Speaking at the third edition of the annual NBC Stakeholders Forum themed ‘Combating Climate Change Through Resource Efficiency’, held …
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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licenses of African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird TV, and 50 broadcast stations across the country over indebtedness. The stations were owing the Commission N2.6 billion since 2015. Also affected is AIT’s sister radio station, Raypower FM and 49 other stations across the …
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The Consumer Protection Council has dissociated itself from an insinuated N17m judgment against Coca-Cola by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The Director-General of CPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera, said this in a statement by Mr Abiodun Obimuyiwa, the Head of Public Affairs of the council, on Wednesday in Abuja. The Supreme …
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The Federal Government, yesterday, vowed to unleash the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and security agencies against promoters of hate speech and songs now raging in some sections of the country. The vow by the Federal Government came as the NBC vowed to apply appropriate sanctions from the broadcasting code against …
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ORGANISED Labour on Wednesday raised alarm that the food, beverage and tobacco sector of the nation’s economy was on the verge of shutting down and that over three million jobs were at risk due to the inability of companies to source foreign exchange for raw material importation to facilitate operations. …
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The Federal Government has fired the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of …
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