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26 Jan 2022
Nigeria is looking to impose the same conditions given to Twitter on all other social media platforms accessible in the country. Nigeria's information minister Lai Mohammed said the decision was borne out of the recent development on suspension of Twitter operations in the country and the agreement reached before the suspension was lifted. "Whatever applies…
12 Nov 2021
Renowned communication scholar, Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, has called for urgent review of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code, describing the current edition, issued last year by the regulator, as inconsistent with democracy.
3 Nov 2021
Citing the recent favourable Federal High Court ruling to tackle those he described as “busy body” advocate, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared the Federal Government’s readiness to amend the National Broadcasting Commission...
31 Aug 2020
In July 2019 (2020), the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) ratified the 6th amendment to the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The amendment makes provisions for the qualification of local content in broadcasting. It also makes provisions for the effective administration of advertising revenue for local broadcast stations and content producers. While certain sections of the amendments have…
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Last week, when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, unveiled the sixth edition of Nigeria Broadcasting Code in Lagos, it was greeted with mixed reactions, as industry players felt bad that government still went ahead to publish...
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