NBC lacks power to impose fines on broadcast stations — Court
•Voids N.5m fine imposed on 45 broadcast stations •NGE greets court over order against NBC A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, barred the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations in the country. The court, which described NBC's action as illegal, voided the N500,000 fine the commission imposed on 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. The court also restrained NBC from further imposising fines on broadcast stations in the country. The court gave judgment in a suit by Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda, MRA, which had challenged the powers of NBC to impose fine on broadcast stations in the country. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has commended the court for restraining NBC, from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, held that the commission, not being a court of law, lacked power to impose sanctions on any broadcast station. The court held that ...