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- 20 May 2017
MTN Mulls Acquisition of MultiChoice Africa
Naspers Limited, parent company of MultiChoice Africa, is having discussions with MTN, South African telecommunications company, regarding the sale of the company. MultiChoice Africa is the franchise…
- 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…
- 8 Apr 2024
Multichoice Nigeria Reportedly Defrauded of N7.9Bn
Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DStv and GOtv, popular cable television services was allegedly defrauded of the total sum of N7.9 billion. Premium Times citing court documents reported that…
- 16 Apr 2015
Price Increase: We Didn't Disobey Court Injunction-MultiChoice
Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners and operators of DStv, has described as inaccurate publications, news reports and commentaries on various media platforms that it disobeyed an interim…
- 6 May 2022
CCP Adjourns Suit Challenging DStv, Gotv Tarrif Hike
Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal in Abuja, has adjourned a case challenging the price increase by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owner of DStv and Gotv in Nigeria. Festus Onifade,…
- 11 May 2026
Metro Digital, Nigerian Firm Accuses Multichoice Of Refusal to Obey Court Judgements
Metro Digital Limited, a licenced Indigenous broadcasting organisation, has accused Multichoice, pay television company, of refusing to obey judgements emanating from Courts in Nigeria. It said the…
- 27 Oct 2025
Court Orders MultiChoice to Pay Damages for Consumer Rights Violations
Multichoice Nigeria Limited has been been ordered by Lagos Court to pay damages for breaching consumer rights, in rulings hailed by regulators as victories for consumer protection. In Lagos, the High…
- 20 Aug 2018
Court Stops Multichoice from Hiking Subscription Fees
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday restrained Multichoice Nigeria Limited from going ahead with its recent decision to increase the subscription tariffs for DSTV, its satellite cable television…
- 19 Mar 2021
DStv to Feature 3 Northern TV Stations
MultiChoice Nigeria Limited has said it will consider three television stations on its DStv platform. The decision followed a parley organized by the management of the National Broadcasting…
- 23 May 2024
NANS Condemns New Multichoice Subscription Rate
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed has condemned the recent price increment by Multichoice Nigeria Limited, Pay-TV operator, across its DStv and GOtv packages. The student…
- 16 Oct 2017
Film Producer Drags Multichoice to Court over Unlawful Airing of Yoruba Movie
Mr. Lateef Onida, a film Producer, and his company LAT -Larry Film Company whose film ‘Aroni Rogun Matidi’ was allegedly infringed by Multichoice Nigeria Limited has slammed N25 million suit on the…
- 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…
- 16 Mar 2020
FG Shuts Down Firms Pirating Broadcast Signals of DStv, Others
Three broadcasting facilities engaged in pirating the broadcast signals of several right owners including Star Times, Communications Trends Nigeria Limited (CTL) and MultiChoice Nigeria (MCN) have…
- 2 May 2024
Multichoice Ignores Court Order, Implements Hike of DStv and GOtv Subscriptions
Multichoice Limited has proceeded to increase packages price for DStv and GOtv as announce on Wednesday last week. This is despite the order by Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT)…
- 20 Mar 2022
FCCPC Orders MultiChoice to Introduce Price Lock
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has ordered MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN), owners of GOtv and DStv, to introduce a price lock initiative and toll-free customer…
- 3 Aug 2022
FG Fines 3 TV Stations N5m Each for Airing Documentary on Bandits
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed N5 million fine each on Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV; Trust TV; NTA-Startimes Limited and TelcCom Satellite Limited (TSTV) for airing…
- 21 Jul 2022
Lawyer Sues MultiChoice for Allegedly ‘Misusing Power’ in Nigeria Market
Festus Onifade, a legal practitioner, has accused MultiChoice Nigeria Limited of misapplying the power of its dominance in the market. Onifade made the complaint to Federal Competition and Consumer…
- 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…
- 20 Oct 2021
Multichoice Gets Approval to Appeal N1.8Trillion FIRS Claims
The Lagos Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) that Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV, has met the conditions to appeal against the N900bn levied on it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).…
- 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…
- 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…
- 20 Jun 2022
Tariff Hike: Tribunal Gives Lawyers Nod to Amend N10m suit against DSTv, GOTV
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal in Abuja, on Monday, approved a request by a lawyer to amend and refile his N10 million suit challenging MultiChoice Nigeria Limited for…
- 11 Apr 2025
Subscriber Withdraws Suit against MultiChoice, FCCPC over Price Hike
Festus Sanmi Onifade, subscriber and legal practitioner, has withdrawn his lawsuit challenging alleged unfair price hikes by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja.…
- 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…
- 24 Jan 2018
Multichoice to Pay N5.9Bn for Copyright Infringement
The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has awarded N5.9 billion “special damages” against Multichoice Nigeria Limited in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South…
- 14 Nov 2014
GOtv Supports Digital Migration with Massive Decoder Price Slash
MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, subscriber services provider of GOtv, reiterated its commitment to provide Nigerians with affordable digital terrestrial television (DTT) services when they launched a…
- 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…
- 22 Oct 2012
MCSN Slams N5.2Bn Suit against Multichoice
A Lagos State Federal High Court will on November 1 begin hearing in the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) N5.2 billion suit against Multichoice Nigeria Limited, operators of DSTV for the…
- 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…