The StarTimes Group, led by its Chairman Xinxing Pang on 19th July, 2023 paid a courtesy visit to the Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the Commission’s headquarters. The Group Chairman in his words said he was on a visit to Nigeria and one of his focuses for coming is to familiarize with the…
Freedom Radio Nigeria is a group of radio stations in Northern Nigeria. The station is headquartered in Kano State. There are three Freedom-branded stations, in Kano (99.5 FM), Dutse (99.5 FM), and Kaduna (92.9 FM), and a second station in Kano, and Dala FM (88.5 MHz). In 2002, Freedom Radio Kano was licensed from Film Laboratory and Production Services…
The Director General, National Broadcasting Commission, Mallam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, has announced the Commission’s plan to host the 13th edition of Africast in Lagos from the 24th – 26th October, 2023, with the theme “Broadcast Content: Synergy, Finance and Market”. He made this known on Tuesday, 18th July 2023, at the Africast press conference, which…
Fola Folayan, a Digital Marketing Manager at the Center For Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Rwanda, plans to raise the bar of broadcast journalism in Nigeria. For 13 years, Fola Folayan worked as a radio broadcaster in Nigeria; filling various roles as a content producer, presenter and newscaster in different media organisations across the country. But she wanted more….
Prior to the advent of the Ibrahim Babangida regime (1985-1993), the Nigerian broadcasting industry had been a government monopoly. The policy of liberalisation of the economy opened the door for private participation in this area. Dokpesi was one of those who took advantage of the new policy environment. He quickly established his FM station, Ray Power 100.5. The station…
The Director General, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah and Management of the National Broadcasting Commission, recently paid a courtesy visit on the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe. The visit was to brief the Permanent Secretary on activities and challenges of the Commission.
The BBC, Britain’s public broadcaster, suspended a male staff member on Sunday after a report in The Sun newspaper that an unnamed male presenter had paid tens of thousands of pounds to a person starting when they were 17 years old in exchange for “sexually explicit photographs.” The Sun did not identify the presenter, and…
In a bid to promote sustainable democracy in Nigeria, through coverage and reportage of political broadcasts, the National Broadcasting Commission on Tuesday, organized a one-day political sensitization workshop in Lokoja, Kogi State. The sensitization workshop, with the theme: Towards free, fair and credible elections: The role of the Broadcast Media, is aimed at keeping all…
Veteran Nigerian broadcast journalist John Momoh is 66 today (born 1 July 1957). He is widely recognized in Nigeria as a transformative industry pioneer with 37-year-long career in news television broadcasting. John Momoh is the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, an independent and multiple award-winning news and media television channel based in Lagos.
The Silverbird Group is a diversified multi-media company with holdings in Radio, Television, Real Estate, and Cinemas, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. The company was established in 1980 by Benedict Murray-Bruce. The Silverbird Communications comprises the company’s radio station Rhythm 93.7 FM and Silverbird Television. Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos, established in 1997, is an English speaking commercial radio station located in Victoria Island, Lagos after…
