Buhari approves creation of 159 TV, radio stations (full list)

<p><strong>By Doris Israel Ijeoma<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>President Muhammadu Buhari has granted approval to 159 companies&comma; communities and institutions of higher learning to operate radio and television stations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Director-General&comma; National Broadcasting Commission &lpar;NBC&rpar;&comma; Malam Balarabe Ilelah&comma; made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Following the approval granted by the president&comma; NBC has released the list of 159 licenses granted to companies&comma; communities and institutions of higher learning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The commission was established by the NBC ACT&comma; Cap&period; N11&comma; Laws of the Federation 2004 with the mandate to regulate and control broadcasting in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today&comma; there are a total of 625 functional broadcast stations in Nigeria&comma;’’ Ilelah stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;fg-shuts-down-federal-secretariat-1&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;808000&semi;">FG Shuts Down Federal Secretariat&comma; See Why<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The D-G said that the newly-approved licenses were the <strong>Federal Polytechnic Ilaro &lpar;Radio&rpar;&comma; Prospective Union of Reno People &lpar;Radio&rpar;&comma; Smile Community Radio Initiative and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Radio&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said others are <strong>Dudu African Broadcasting Communications Ltd&period;&comma; Independent Television&comma; Prince Media Network&comma; Jamkat Integrity Investment Ltd&period;&comma; Hikima Media Services&comma; and Galaxy Television Radio&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Others are H-i Fidelity Communications&comma; B360 Nigeria Ltd&period;&comma; Communication Faculties Ltd&period;&comma; Godfrey Okoye University Radio&comma; Art Broadcasting Company&comma; Hamdana Media&comma; Sunshine Radio&comma; Blue Print Newspapers Ltd&period;&comma; NV Broadcasting Company Ltd&period; and others&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;