Dr Richard Oji, Director of Interstate Boundaries in the Commission made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
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Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermaths.
The President of the NIPR, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, said this in Abuja on Monday when the leadership of the institute paid a courtesy visit on the Acting Director General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba.
The Acting Director-General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, made the promise on Monday in Abuja when the management team of TStv paid him an official visit to inform him of the company‘s readiness to commence full operation across the country.
In its deposition before the court, the company contended that the NBC lacks the statutory powers to make amendments or sign the NBC Code.
Both experts made their observations known on Saturday at the third edition of the IPR Talk Series webinar, with the theme: “Exclusivity in the Media Industry in Nigeria: Decoding NBC Broadcasting Code.”
Under the circumstance, Nigerian leaders have found it expedient to take steps to consciously dissuade the use of intemperate language that can inflame passion and cause anarchy in society. But this has to be done without encroaching on the fundamental principle of freedom of expression which democracy guarantees.
SERAP also asked President Buhari to “instruct Mr Mohammed and the NBC to immediately rescind the fine of N5m imposed on Nigeria Info 99.3 FM radio station, following reported comments by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Malafia, during an interview with the station.”
Bilbis, a former Minister of state for Information, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while responding to questions at a press conference addressed by the Board on the 6th NBC Code, which he described as an illegality.
MRA said this in a statement in Lagos by its Programme Director, Ayode Longe, on Thursday.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party said this on Thursday in a statement by the Atiku Media Office.
The code, produced by the National Broadcasting Commission, was launched in Lagos last week by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Performing the ceremony in Lagos, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the amended code was in the national interest and government would kickstart its implementation.
Mohammed described the controversial document, presented at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, as “signed, sealed and delivered”.
Sources at the commission disclosed that Minister’s desire to bring the show to an end was announced to the management on Wednesday by the commission’s acting Director-General, Dr. Armstrong Idachaba, who told the meeting that Mohammed had directed him to shut down the Big Brother House under the pretext that the show is being held in violation of COVID-19 protocols.
The suspended DG is facing a five-count charge bordering on fraud and abuse of office.
The Acting Director-General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, stated this on a Ray Power radio programme: “Fact File,” monitored by a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Acting Director-General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, gave the warning in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The All Progressives Congress has called on the National Broadcasting Commission to call the management of the State Radio and Television to order over alleged provocative broadcasts against its members.
Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, the Acting Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, says the organisation is committed to effective reforms and regulations to checkmate monopoly in broadcasting.