The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the licences of AIT, Silverbird TV, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others, over failure to meet up with the renewal requirements, which amounts to N2.66 billion.
The Director General of the NBC Mallam Balarabe Shehu has directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure that the shut down of operation of the stations is enforced within the next 24 hours.
The commission informed that a two-week waiver was given to broadcast stations in May, after which they risked the revocation of their broadcast licences.
“The broadcast regulator said the continued operation of the “debtor stations is illegal and constitutes a threat to national security,” it said.
Meanwhile, the commission has called on other broadcast stations yet to renew their licences for the present duration to meet up within the next 30 days to avoid sanctions.