The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) on Thursday hosted its 78th General Assembly and 22nd Annual General Meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The event which was held to discuss the current state of broadcasting in Nigeria and to chart a course for the future had the theme “Broadcast Media in Quagmire: What are the Options?” The event provides…
The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria has condemned approval of the sale of 600MHz broadcasting spectrum to MTN, a mobile telecommunication company. In a letter sent to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, signed by the organisation’s Executive Secretary, Dr Yemisi Bamgbose, the BON urged the minister to intervene in the…
Information and National Orientation Minister, Mohammed Idris, has urged the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to engage stakeholders on its operations to check violation of Broadcasting Code, looking beyond sanctioning broadcast stations alone. He made the call during a one-day working visit to the commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. Mr Idris said there is need to change…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has issued a stern final warning to Arise Television for the use of derogatory and incendiary language on its station. The Commission’s Director General, Dr. Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, issued this warning in a letter dated October 6, 2023. In the letter, a request was made to the TV station, urging…
Family Love is a private radio network with four stations in Nigeria. It is owned by Multimesh Broadcasting Company Limited. Stations are located in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, and Umuahia. Multimesh received a license from the National Broadcasting Commission to own a radio station in 2004. The Port Harcourt station was the first to launch in 2005. The Abuja station started in 2008 when…
The Management and Staff of the National Broadcasting Commission on Monday celebrated the retirement of an exceptional Public Servant, the Director, Broadcast Policy and Research, Mr. Matthews Onyedikachi Achara, who is described as an embodiment of the Public Service Rule. He began his career with the Commission in 1998 as a Senior Administrative Officer in…
The National Broadcasting Commission recently hosted a delegation from the High Authority for Audio—Visual and Communications, HAAC, which is the body responsible for broadcast regulation in Benin Republic on a 3-day bilateral exchange in Abuja, Nigeria. The main objective of this visit was to facilitate an exchange of ideas and discussions regarding broadcast regulation in…
Kenny Ogungbe became famous in the nineties as the host of a popular TV program called AIT Jamz (later becoming PrimeTime Jamz on AIT). Kenny’s impact in the music industry would last for centuries to come. He is no new name to the Nigerian music audience. His legacies, especially with iconic singer 2face Idibia, still hovers…
Yinka Craig was an Iconic broadcaster and one of Nigeria’s shining lights in Sports journalism, a television host, an articulate compèrè and a detribalised Nigerian. He was an amiable man who distinguished himself in his chosen career, for close to 40 years and who, in the process became a mentor to many. Early in life,…
The leadership of the National Broadcasting Commission on Thursday 21st September, 2023, met with broadcast station Chief executives in Jos, Plateau State, to discuss the switch off of Analogue transmission and its implications. In his opening remarks, the Director General, Mallam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, noted that the journey towards the Implementation of the Digital Switchover…
