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- 21 Apr 2026
Court Affirms FCCPC Authority over Consumer Protection
Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) authority to investigate consumer complaints and enforce regulatory oversight in Nigeria. Tunji…
- 5 Nov 2020
FCCPC Inks MoU with EFCC, FTC on Fraud, Consumer Protection
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has signed an updated tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and…
- 10 May 2022
Tariff Hike: FCCPC to Protect Consumers against unfair Practices
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has pledged to ensure the protection of telecommunications consumers against unfair business practices. This is coming on the heels of…
- 29 Apr 2024
Why Multichoice Hiked Subscriptions for DStv and GOtv Packages- FCCPC
Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, acting Executive vice chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has disclosed that Multichoice submitted a four-page letter detailing the reasons…
- 5 Apr 2022
Loan Sharks Agree to Stop Threatening, Defaming Defaulters
Babatunde Irukera, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has said that some of the money lenders under investigation, or…
- 19 May 2026
WASPAN Drags Bello, FCCPB Boss to Court over Alleged Disobedience of Order
Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has dragged Tunji Bello, executive vice chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), before the…
- 24 Jun 2024
Tinubu appoints Tunji Bello as CEO of FCCPC
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission The Special Adviser to the…
- 28 Oct 2022
NDPB, FCCPC Sign MOU on Consumer Rights & Data Protection
Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for the purposes of protecting consumer rights…
- 20 Apr 2022
FCCPC Can’t Control Prices, Says Irukera
Dr. Babatunde Irukera, executive vice chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has stated that the agency has no power to regulate consumer prices because it is…
- 22 May 2022
NDPB Establish Joint Desk to Strengthen Data Protection
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) and the Nigerian Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), have established Joint Mutual Enforcement Desk (JED) to strengthen data protection and privacy in…
- 21 Dec 2025
FCCPC Forces Ikeja Electric Into Compliance, Unseals Headquarters After Rights Breach
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has secured enforceable compliance from Ikeja Electric Plc, leading to the unsealing of the electricity distributor’s headquarters after…
- 29 Oct 2024
FCCPC to Sanction Banks for Service Disruptions
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a stern warning to banks in Nigeria regarding the disruptions to online banking services. The commission expressed concern…
- 6 Jul 2026
FG orders FCCPC probe of Big Tech over alleged exploitation of Nigerian media
Federal Government has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate major global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
- 15 Jan 2024
Open Letter to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Consumerism and the Economy
By Akonte Ekine, Founder BrandXchange and Convener Consumers Value Awards Your Excellency, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing in line with the right of the consumer to be part of…
- 28 Apr 2025
DisCo Must Repay Customers for Transformer Purchases, FCCPC Rules
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has ordered the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to refund whatever consumers invest in buying transformers, poles, cables, and other…
- 8 Oct 2021
GSM@20: Stakeholders Set for Dialogue on Telecoms Consumer Protection
Stakeholders in Nigeria are billed to participate in an industry-wide dialogue summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting over 200 million telecom corporate and individual consumers, as…
- 21 Jul 2023
FG Delists Loan Apps, Vows More Clampdowns
Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has said it will release a list of illegal (unregistered) digital loan apps operating in Nigeria. It also said it…
- 13 Mar 2026
FCCPC Launches Fuel Price Surveillance, Probes Airline Price Gouging, Resolves N10bn Complaints
In a robust move to shield consumers from opportunistic profiteering, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has rolled out comprehensive nationwide monitoring of fuel…
- 14 Oct 2025
Nigerians File 3,000 Banking-Related Complaints in 6 Months - FCCPC
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has disclosed that it received over 3,000 banking-related complaints between March and August 2025, leading to the recovery of about N10…
- 12 Mar 2026
FCCPC Says Telcos, Energy Firms Lead Consumer Complaints in Nigeria
Telecommunications, energy, and fintech firms generate the highest number of consumer complaints in Nigeria, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has declared. Tunji…
- 22 Jan 2026
FCCPC Delists Non-Compliant Digital Lenders Post-January 5 Deadline
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced enforcement actions against Digital Money Lending (DML) operators that failed to regularise their operations under the…
- 1 Mar 2026
SERAP Asks FCCPC to Investigate Google, Meta, Others over Alleged Rights Abuses
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) “to urgently investigate allegations that Google, Meta…
- 13 Nov 2025
FCCPC Sets Deadline for Digital Lending Regulatory Compliance
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has announced Monday, January 5, 2026, as the final deadline for full compliance with the Digital, Electronic, Online, and…
- 19 Nov 2025
ALTON Hosts First Telecoms Compliance Forum to Strengthen Governance and Service Quality
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is proud to announce the first-ever Telecoms Industry Compliance Management Forum (CMF), a landmark initiative aimed at…
- 17 Jan 2023
FCCPC Uncovers Alleged Duty Payment Fraud on CKDs
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has discovered some anti-free market practices such as price-fixing being perpetrated by some importers and sellers of generating sets…
- 6 Feb 2024
FCCPC Decries Loan Apps Providers’ Continue Violation of Regulation
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has raised an alarm over what it described as an upsurge in violation of its Limited Interim Regulatory/Registration Framework and…
- 6 Nov 2023
FCCPC Says Licensed Digital Lenders now 211
The number of digital lenders licensed to operate in Nigeria has risen to 211, according to new data from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Pic credit: stears.co Of…
- 20 Apr 2026
FCCPC Denies Banning Airtime, Data Borrowing Services in Nigeria
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has dismissed claims of a ban on airtime and data borrowing services across Nigeria's telecom sector. FCCPC The clarification comes amid…
- 10 Apr 2022
FCCPC to Institute Criminal Prosecution Against Online Money Lenders
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stated that due to the ongoing investigation of unregistered loan apps and harassment of defaulting customers, it will proceed with…
- 13 Feb 2024
MLA Backs FCCPC over Action on Digital Lending Violation
Money Lenders Association (MLA), has thrown its weight behind the measures taken by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), aimed at ensuring ethical conduct in digital…