Court Bars NBC from Imposing Fines on Media Houses
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to stop using the NBC Act and Broadcasting Code to impose fines, sanctions, or intimidate independent media houses in the country.
The court ruled that NBC lacks the legal authority to penalise media houses for promoting diverse information on public issues. 
The judgement, delivered in June by Justice Nicholas Oweibo, followed a lawsuit by SERAP and CJID.
The suit followed the decision by the NBC in 2022 to impose a fine of N5 million each on Trust TV, Multichoice Nigeria Limited, NTA-Startimes Limited and TelcCom Satellite Limited, over their documentaries on terrorism in the country.
