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- 15 Oct 2015
CPC Storms MultiChoice Head Office, Removes Computers
Officials of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) on Thursday afternoon raided the head office of the premier pay-TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, in Lagos. The CPC officials, who went with…
- 18 Mar 2015
CPC @ World Consumer Rights Day, Discourages 'Junk' Food Consumption
‎The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), identified Safety, Choice, Information and Basic needs, as critical in addressing Consumer Right related issues. ‎This is part of message from CPC on…
- 22 Jul 2013
CPC Seeks Powers to Tackle Online Marketing Abuses
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) is seeking legal powers to tackle consumer right abuses arising from online marketing, according to Abiodun Obimuyiwa, deputy director of Public Relations of CPC.…
- 10 Feb 2016
CPC Orders MTN to Pay Subscriber N1.85m in Ultimate Promo
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed MTN Communications Limited to pay N1,850,000 to one of the winners of its Ultimate Wonder Promo for lack of due diligence. CPC’s order came on the heels…
- 23 Mar 2014
CPC Decries Poor Treatment of Consumers in Nigeria
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has said that consumer’s right is not observed in the country. Mr. Tam Tamunokonbia head of CPC, Lagos Office, said this at the World Consumer Right Protection…
- 10 Mar 2014
CPC Moves to Protect Telecom Subscribers
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has inaugurated a Compendium of the Rights of Telecommunication Subscribers in Nigeria as an effort to improve consumer education and protect the rights of…
- 19 Dec 2014
Judiciary Urged To Be Firm In CPC vs Coca Cola
The Nigerian judiciary has been urged to stick to the finest principles of adjudication in the suit between the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and Coca Cola Nigeria Limited. “The judiciary”, said…
- 8 Sept 2015
CPC Probes Discos over ‘Outrageous’ Billings
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has set up a panel to investigate Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in Nigeria over series of allegations bothering on breach of consumers rights. Mrs.…
- 29 Apr 2014
CPC Fines Aero N1.599m for Abandoning Passengers
Consumer Protection Council (CPC), on Monday in Lagos, ordered the management of Aero Contractors Company of Nigeria Limited to compensate 39 passengers on its flight AJ132 of November 8, 2013 who…
- 8 Jul 2018
APPA Calls for Support for CPC to Protect Rights of eConsumers
Princewill Okorie, president, Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA) has urged the Federal Government and various stakeholders to support the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) to protect the…
- 5 Sept 2016
CPC Probes Resort Savings & Loans over Alleged Diversion of Deposits
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has began probe operations of Resort Savings and Loans Limited (RSL) over allegations of diversion of depositors’ monies and mortgage loans, following inundated…
- 5 Sept 2012
CPC Seeks Clarifications on MTN “Ultimate Wonder” Promo
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed MTN Nigeria to make further information available to its subscribers on its ambitious recharge and win aircraft promotion otherwise "MTN-Ultimate Wonder…
- 21 Feb 2016
CPC Orders DStv to Compensate Subscribers, Provide Toll-free Lines
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has ordered MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, provider of Digital Satellite Broadcast Television (DStv) service to compensate and provide toll-free lines to its…
- 23 Dec 2018
CPC Backs NCC on Sanction of Telcos for Forceful Subscription
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its plans to sanction mobile network operators that are involved in forceful subscription to…
- 15 Apr 2016
CPC Seeks Compensation from Telcos over Poor QoS
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has requested the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to draw out a special compensation plan for telecoms subscribers for the continued poor service quality by…
- 31 Jan 2013
CPC Thumps Up MTN's Service Excellence
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has honoured MTN Nigeria Communications Limited for its consistent efforts at improving customer experience on its network and for its corporate social…
- 21 Dec 2009
CPC to Check Consumer Abuses in ICT Sector
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) said that it has commenced a pro-consumer initiative aimed at driving unprecedented and positive changes within the ICT sector in the country. Mr. Abiodun Olumuyiwa,…
- 20 Nov 2012
CPC Asks DSTV to Implement Pay-As-You-Go
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has advised Multichoice Nigeria Limited, the owners of the cable television to introduce pay-as-you-go subscription for its subscribers, as part of efforts at…
- 31 Jul 2015
Complaints Against Banks in Nigeria Rise-CPC
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has said that the council is inundated daily with series of consumer complaints about the financial sector of the nation’s economy. Mrs Dupe Atoki, director-general…
- 29 Jun 2018
CPC Deliberates on Regulatory Policies to Protect eConsumers
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has said it would collaborate with relevant stakeholders to deliberate on government’s regulatory policies to protect e-consumer to enlighten them on their rights.…
- 24 Aug 2017
CPC Seeks New MoU with NCC to Improve Quality of Consumer Experience
Mr. Babatunde Irukera, director general of Consumer Protection Council, CPC, has paid a courtesy visit to the Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in order to sustain the…
- 1 Mar 2017
Ministry, CPC Move to Protect Consumers from Abuses
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications Technology, has said that his ministry and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) need to collaborate to save Nigerians from consumer abuses in the…
- 11 Sept 2018
NCC, CPC Set Up Committee for Consumer Issues in Telecoms Industry
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), have inked an agreement for a joint investigative committee for consumer issues in the telecommunications industry.…
- 16 Dec 2015
CPC Applauds AirtelRedHot Promo Season 3
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has backed Airtel Nigeria on the AirtelRedHot Promo Season 3 tagged: #LetsGoToDubai. Speaking at announcement of winners of the groundbreaking promo…
- 15 Mar 2018
CPC Goes Tough on Online Marketing Companies
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has warned online marketing companies against allowing fraud in their operations or risk the necessary sanctions. Babatunde Irukera, director general of the…
- 30 Dec 2015
Kasapreko Receives NAFDAC, CPC Endorsement, Unveils $70m Factory
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Consumer Protection Council (CPC) have endorsed Kasapreko and its products during the unveiling of its state of the art…
- 1 Jun 2018
CPC, Subscribers Battle Telcos over Tariff Hike
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the National Association of Telecoms Consumers of Nigeria (NATCOMs) have warned telecoms service providers in the country against hiking the tariff of telecoms…
- 24 Mar 2015
Consumer Rights Abuse Worries CPC
Consumer Protection Council (CPC), has decried the high rate of consumer rights abuses in the telecoms, aviation, banking and power sectors of the economy. Mrs. Dupe Atoki, director-general, …
- 14 Apr 2016
CPC Lauds Danbatta fo Curbing Impunity in Telecom Sector
Mrs. Dupe Atoki, director general of Consumer Protection Council (CPC), has commended Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), for…
- 18 Mar 2016
CPC Probes Banks for Customer Abuses
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has started investigating cases of consumer rights abuse by the banking and hospitality sectors of the economy, according to Mrs. Dupe Atoki, director general of the…