LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the recent ban placed on a song by Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem, describing the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. In a statement issued from New York University, Abu Dhabi, on Sunday, Soyinka…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has strongly criticised the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s latest track, “Tell Your Papa,” which is critical of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking with Punch on Thursday, PMAN President, Pretty Okafor, argued that the NBC’s decision to ban the song could backfire…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission has barred Nigerian radio and television stations from airing the trending song “Tell Your Papa” by veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, citing its “objectionable nature.” In a memo dated April 9, 2025 and issued by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, the commission declared the track Not…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has condemned and berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over a warning issued to Arise Television by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for allegedly using “derogatory and incendiary remarks” against the President and others on its station. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the NBC issued a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has issued a final warning to Arise Television over the use of derogatory and incendiary remarks on its station. Naija News reports that the warning was contained in a letter by the NBC’s Director General, Dr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, on October 6, 2023….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Omotosho was of the view that NBC, not being a court of law, lacked the power to impose sanctions as punishment on alleged erring broadcast stations. The judge held that the NBC Code, on which the commission relies to impose sanctions, is in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution which…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) has requested the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to call the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to order as it continues to display flagrant violation of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code. Executive Secretary of BON, Dr Yemisi Bamigbose, also expressed his worry about the declining…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Continental Broadcasting Service Limited, owners of TVC and owned by Bola Ahmed Tinubu for airing inflammatory, derogatory and unfair comments of campaign rallies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In separate letters addressed to chief executive officers of…