The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has applied the big stick on Daar Communications Ltd, parent company of Africa Independent Television, AIT and RAYPOWER and other electronic media houses in Nigeria for alleged violation of broadcasting code and failure to pay renewal fee for their licences. The other media houses include 21 state broadcasting corporations and…
NGE Cries Out Over Closure of AIT, Ray Power
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has condemns in very strong terms the indefinite suspension of the licenses of the African Independent Television, AIT, and Ray Power by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. The Guild, in a statement issued this Friday by its President, Funke Egbemode and Secretary, Mary Atolagbe demanded immediate revocation of the…
Why Govt. Demolished AIT Headquarters in Abuja
The Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, this Tuesday in Abuja, demolished a structure within the premises of DAAR Communications Plc., owners of African Independent Television, AIT, and Ray Power FM. The FCTA and DAAR Communications had on November 2018 resolved to peacefully settle dispute surrounding a portion of land occupied by the media company through…
APC reverses Buhari’s Ban On AIT
The ban on Africa Independent Television, AIT from covering the activities of the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has been reversed. His party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, reversed the decision on Tuesday in a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, APC’s spokesman. The APC said that all accredited Nigerian media organisations, including the AIT, were at liberty to cover…
AIT Threatens to Sue Tinubu
Daar Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television,AIT, has finally responded to legal threat raised by Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The management of the media outfit rejected in its entirety the demands of Tunji Abayomi, lawyer to Bola Tinubu over a documentary titled “Unmasking The Real Tinubu” transmitted on AIT,…
Tinubu Threatens To Sue AIT
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to sue the owners of African Independent Television, AIT, for airing a documentary he deemed defamatory “in all respects.” In a letter dated March 2, 2015, to the management of DAAR Communications Limited, owners of AIT, Tinubu gave the organization 24 hours…
Bribery: Travellers, Airport Workers, Face Five-Year Jail Term
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Sunday warned airport workers and travellers to desist from offering and receiving bribes. The Commission said it has commenced secret surveillance at the nation’s airports to check corrupt practices. Nta Ekpo, ICPC Chairman, who was a guest on focus, an African Independent Television, AIT,…