30 results
- 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…
- 16 Jun 2021
IPC, CSOs Kick against Proposed Tariff Regulation for Satellite TV
International Press Centre (IPC), as well as civil society organisations (CSOs), have rejected the proposed tariff regulations for satellite television in the new National Broadcasting Commission…
- 25 Jun 2025
Qatar Airways Top Brass Face Court Action in Nigeria Over FCCPC Charges
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) will, on Oct. 7, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Qatar Airways, Mr Temi Birdzell, alongside the company and its top…
- 24 Jun 2025
FCCPC to Arraign Ugbe, MultiChoice Nigeria CEO for Obstructing Investigation
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is set to arraign John Ugbe, chief executive officer, MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and other executives of the firm for impeding its…
- 21 Aug 2025
FCCPC Bars Digital Loan Firm from Forcing Services on Residents
Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has barred Peachville Platinum Facility Management (PPF M) Limited from forcing its services on members of the Peachville Estate…
- 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…
- 9 Feb 2025
Court Affirms FCCPC’s Authority in Regulating Telecoms Sector
Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has secured a landmark legal victory after the Federal High Court in Lagos reaffirmed…
- 13 Nov 2025
Banks Ask Customers to Link Accounts to NIN before 2026 to Prevent Restrictions
Commercial banks have asked customers to link their accounts to their national identification numbers (NINs) or tax identification numbers (tax IDs) ahead of the implementation of the new tax laws.…
- 17 Apr 2026
Court Suspends Enforcement of FCCPC’s Reform on Loan Apps
Federal court in Lagos has suspended the enforcement of Nigeria's most comprehensive framework for regulating digital lending apps. On April 15, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High…
- 12 Sept 2022
Experts Proffer Solutions to Data Breach by Loan Sharks
Experts who gathered for the maiden Consumertrics workshop, held in Lagos, have advocated proper regulation of digital loan sharks. The experts, who spoke on the theme “Responsible Borrowing and…
- 16 Aug 2024
Paradigm Initiative Urges Meta to Show Transparency in Govt Interactions over $200m Fine
Paradigm Initiative, civil society organisation, has called on Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC to demonstrate greater transparency in their dealings with the Nigerian government and relevant…
- 15 May 2024
FCCPC Barks as Loan Apps Continue to Harass Customers
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said steps are being taken to tackle loan Apps services providers that engage in harassing tactics against customers. FCCPC also…
- 29 May 2020
Coalition of Nigeria Consumers Kick against Multichoice over Proposed Price Hike
A Coalition of Nigeria Consumers has expressed concerns over the recent announcement by Multichoice Nigeria Limited, providers of Digital Satellite Television services on (DStv and GOtv) platforms,…
- 5 Mar 2025
Tariff Hike: FG Drags MultiChoice to Court for Ignoring Regulatory Directives
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has filed a charge against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and John Ugbe, its chief executive officer, for allegedly violating regulatory…
- 25 Apr 2025
Tribunal Upholds FCCPC’s $220m Fine against Meta, WhatsApp
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has upheld a $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC for…
- 8 Oct 2025
FG Withdraws Case against MultiChoice after Settlement
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has withdrawn its criminal case against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and its top executives after both parties reportedly reached an…
- 26 Jun 2025
CCPT Dismisses Class Action Suit against MultiChoice over Tariff Hikes
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) in Abuja has dismissed a class action suit filed by one Uche Diala and 961 other DStv and GOtv subscribers against MultiChoice Nigeria and the…
- 12 Mar 2025
Court Stops FG from Sanctioning MultiChoice over DStv, GOtv Tariff Hike
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) from taking “any administrative steps” against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited…
- 31 May 2026
POS Operators Threaten to Suspend Services over Exclusivity Practice
Association of Point of Sale Service Providers (POS) has threatened to suspend Verve card transaction services nationwide if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Competition and Consumer…
- 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…
- 27 Mar 2025
Court Fixes May 8 for Judgment in MultiChoice, FCCPC Dispute over Price Hike
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 8 for judgment in the suit filed by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection…
- 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…
- 19 Jul 2024
FCCPC Slams $220m Fine on WhatsApp, Facebook over ‘discriminatory practices’ in Nigeria
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has imposed a $220,000,000 penalty on Meta Platforms Incorporated over alleged discriminatory practices against Nigerian data and…
- 26 Apr 2024
FCCPC to Review Multichoice’s Tariff Hike
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has promised to review recent price increases in MultiChoice cable subscriptions to ensure subscribers in Nigeria get value for their…
- 14 Jun 2019
FG Issues Final Order to MultiChoice to Review Tariff
Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a final order on tariff review to MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DStv and Gotv. The latest order primarily…
- 27 Aug 2025
Beware: FCCPC Warns Against Toxic Chemicals in Ripened Fruits
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has warned Nigerians against consuming fruits ripened with calcium carbide. The Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC, Mr…
- 8 May 2025
MultiChoice vs FCCPC: Only President has Power to Fix Prices- Court
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ruled over a dispute between the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and MultiChoice Nigeria over the recent hike in…
- 27 Mar 2019
Agencies Kick Against New Consumer Protection Laws
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) among others, have faulted the new Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Act (FCCPA) 2019, describing…
- 5 Mar 2026
FCCPC Bans Lagos 'No Refund' Policy, Vows Fines and Shutdowns for Traders
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned Lagos traders against enforcing the unlawful "no return, no refund" policy, declaring it illegal under the Federal…
- 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…