{"id":101812,"date":"2023-11-23T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations"},"modified":"2023-11-23T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T21:17:45","slug":"court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations","title":{"rendered":"Court refuses to vacate judgment barring NBC from enforcing fines on broadcast stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) application for an order setting aside its judgment preventing it from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In his decision, Justice James Omotosho dismissed all of the NBC\u2019s arguments, calling them \u201can afterthought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being served with the originating procedure and hearing notifications in the case leading to the judgment, Justice Omotosho concluded that the commission neglected to file its defence.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the NBC\u2019s claim that it was not served with the court procedures that resulted in the decision, the judge stated that \u201cthe court file shows that services were affected on the respondent applicant (NBC) but failed to file and refused to enter appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that there was an affidavit of facts testified to by the court bailiff, which confirmed that court proceedings were served on the commission multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe respondent applicant cannot claim it was not served. The objection is hereby overruled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) application for an order setting aside its judgment preventing it from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. In his decision, Justice James Omotosho dismissed all of the NBC\u2019s arguments, calling them \u201can afterthought.\u201d Despite being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1720,254],"class_list":["post-101812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nbc","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court refuses to vacate judgment barring NBC from enforcing fines on broadcast stations - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) application for an ord ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court refuses to vacate judgment barring NBC from enforcing fines on broadcast stations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) application for an ord ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T18:45:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T21:17:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700757779.395131.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1035\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Court refuses to vacate judgment barring NBC from enforcing fines on broadcast stations\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-23T18:45:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-23T21:17:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700757779.395131.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"NBC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-refuses-to-vacate-judgment-barring-nbc-from-enforcing-fines-on-broadcast-stations\",\"name\":\"Court refuses to vacate judgment barring NBC from enforcing fines on broadcast stations - 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