In the last few years, the dwindling economic situation has made a mess of the Nigerian media. The situation was compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two years, with resultant effects of job losses in the name of downsizing and restructuring by many a media house.
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The NBC announced the measure on Friday, with a total of 52 television and radio stations listed as affected.
The group made the appeal in a statement issued by its Acting Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, in Sokoto Saturday, following the N5 million fine slammed on some media houses by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
The position of the umbrella body of broadcast stations in Nigeria was contained in a letter it sent to the NBC.
This was contained in a letter dated July 25, 2022, by A.T. Ogunbanjo for Trademarks Registry, sighted on Thursday.
The media firm disclosed this in a statement, saying that it was informed about the fine through a letter signed by the NBC Director General, Balarabe Shehu Illela.
The NBC, in a letter to the company dated August 3, 2022, which was signed by its Director General, Balarabe Shehu Illela, said the fine was imposed on Trust TV because its broadcast of the said documentary contravened sections of the National Broadcasting Code.
The position of the PDP chieftain was contained in a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Prince MacDonald Enwere
This was contained in a statement issued Friday by its Director General, Mallam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids gave the advice Wednesday at a news conference in Abuja.
The staff, who described themselves as Concerned NBC staff, made the allegation in a petition dated 19 March and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the board has Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa as Chairman.
The Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Alhaji Balarabe Shehu gave the task while speaking at the opening of the agency’s two-day workshop in Lagos towards promoting objective political reportage, especially as the country prepares for the next general elections.
In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, Mohammed is seeking the sum of N50 billion.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Cairo at a meeting with his counterpart, Egypt Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Dr Amir Talaat.
The court fixed the date in a ruling it gave on Monday on a trademark dispute over between the NBC and Rites Foods.
It was the commemoration of the United Nation’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
Justice Ambrose Allagoa gave the date after hearing arguments by counsel to the plaintiff (Rite Foods) and that of the defendants, NBC and its managing director.
The proceeding which was presided upon today, October 27, by Hon. Justice Allagoa, had in court the legal counsels to Rite Foods, Barristers, Muyiwa Ogungbenro, Charles Bassey and Olukemi Owolabi; while those of the NBC’s MD consists of Oluseye Opasanya, SAN, Olabia Makanjuola and Isaac Ibikunle.
The Managing Director of NBC, Mathieu Seguin, said this on Thursday in Lagos during a news conference.