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- 23 Apr 2021
House of Reps Advances on Bill to Allow NBC Fix Prices of Pay Tv
House of Representatives is amending National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act to enable pay-as-you-go services for digital satellite television, according to Idem Unyime, deputy chairman, committee…
- 22 Jul 2020
Reps Orders NCDC to Locate and Test Ugbe, Multichoice Boss for COVID-19
An House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee has ordered Dr. Ihekweazu Chikwe, director general of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to locate John Ugbe, chief executive officer of…
- 25 Aug 2020
Pay-TV Operators Hike Tariffs amid COVID-19
Satellite service providers have raised their rates amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, according to messages sent to customers, the increase is over 10 per cent averagely. MultiChoice Nigeria on August…
- 5 Mar 2021
Rep Proposes Bill to Empower NBC to Set Tariffs for DStv, Others
A bill seeking to give the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the sole power to decide the tariff to be charged by cable television and direct to home (DTH) operators is now before the House of…
- 23 Dec 2022
Confusion as Senator, Reps Disagree over Controversial NITDA Bill
The controversy surrounding the bill to repeal the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act raged on at the hurriedly arranged joint public hearing by the Senate and House of…
- 17 Mar 2020
Reps Ask DSTV, Others to Introduce Pay As You Go Tariff
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to interface with Mutichoice Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and other service providers to introduce the Pay as You Go…
- 14 Jul 2021
Reps in Fresh Moves to Force Paytv Operators to Implement Pay-per-View
The House of Representatives has considered the pay-per-view, pay-as-you-go and price reduction for DSTV and other cable satellite operators in the country. Pay-per-view is a type of pay television…
- 15 Jul 2021
Reps Blame NigComSat Poor Utilisation of for High Price of Pay TV
The House of Representatives has blamed the underutilisation of NigComSat was responsible for the high prices of cable television subscriptions in Nigeria. The assertion of the lawmakers at the…
- 26 Jan 2022
71m Nigerians Operate Bank Accounts without ID- Reps
House of Representatives, Wednesday, alleged that 71 million Nigerians still operate their banks’ accounts without identification. The House has therefore, set up an ad hoc committee, headed by…
- 7 Feb 2022
Reps Probe 45m Accounts without BVN, N1.2Trn Stuck in Banks
House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Unclaimed Funds in the Nigerian Commercial Banks and Infractions by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun investigation of funds stuck in the…
- 29 Oct 2020
How NCC Boosted FG’s Revenue By N344.71Bn in 5 Years – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has told the House Committee on Telecommunications how the telecoms agency contributed to the…