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- 18 Feb 2019
FG Okays Tribunal to Try Banks, Bankers for Offenses
Federal government has approved the rules that will guide the operations of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) disciplinary tribunal. The tribunal is expected to sanction bankers…
- 31 Jul 2024
Tribunal Dismisses DStv, GOtv Price Hike Case
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) has struck out a subscription price hike case instituted against MultiChoice Nigeria. A three-member tribunal struck out the suit following a…
- 25 Aug 2021
MultiChoice, FIRS Fight over N900Bn Tax Claims
MultiChoice Nigeria on Wednesday said the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) did not compel it to make payment of 50% of N1.8 trillion, which is N900 billion to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr…
- 1 Sept 2021
PwC Faults Tax Tribunal’s Order on N900Bn Payment in FIRS Tax Claims against MultiChoice
PwC, leading professional services firm, has questioned the recent ruling of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) ordering MultiChoice Nigeria to deposit N900bn, half of the N1.8 trillion the Federal Inland…
- 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).…
- 2 Feb 2021
IST Orders NDIC to Pay IPO Subscriber
Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) has ordered the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to pay a subscriber to an aborted initial public offering (IPO), in a landmark judgment that…
- 8 Sept 2024
NCC Partners EFCC, Police to Track Identity Thieves
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is working closely with law enforcement agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Police Force to track and…
- 7 Sept 2022
Tribunal Affirms MultiChoice’s Right to Increase Prices
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed the right of pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, to fix prices for its…
- 9 Nov 2023
$47.8m Tax: MTN @ TAT, Seeks Answers to 5 Crucial Issues
MTN Nigeria has released details of its ongoing legal battle with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and why it is challenging the recent decision of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) that it…
- 10 Dec 2023
Court Awards Nigeria 20 Pounds Against P&ID
Nigeria has recorded a fresh legal victory over the Irish firm, Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), after a London court awarded £20 million in damages and compensation in favour of the…
- 16 May 2024
FCCPC Refuses to Challenge Multichoice over Hike of DStv, GOtv Subscriptions @ Tribunal
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has declined to oppose the preliminary objection of Multichoice Nigeria, Pay-TV operator, which challenged the jurisdiction of a court…
- 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…
- 30 Apr 2024
Tribunal Restrains Multichoice from Implementing DStv, GOtv Price Hike
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja has restrained Multichoice Nigeria, a -TV operator, from implementing the DStv and GOtv subscription prices hike it announced last…
- 7 Feb 2021
Criminal Cartel Hijack Bank Data, Demand Ransom in Bitcoins
Criminal cartel recently hijacked a local commercial bank’s data and demanded for a ransom payment in bitcoins, according to the Tribune. This reportedly prompted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at…
- 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,…
- 17 Feb 2012
Econet Wireless Wins Again as International Tribunal Awards it Damages
Econet Wireless Limited has said it has come out victorious for a second time in less than a month in long-running legal cases to establish its ownership rights to shares in the Bharti Airtel…
- 30 Oct 2023
MTN Appeals $72.5m Nigerian Tax Demand amid Forex Pains
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has appealed the decision of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) over the payment of $72.5 million fine to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Recall that a Tax Appeal…
- 27 Oct 2021
MultiChoice Africa Rejects Tax Tribunal Ruling, to Appeal
MultiChoice Africa Holdings (MAH), the parent company of MultiChoice Nigeria, has rejected Tuesday’s ruling of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), which dismissed its appeal against the $342million Value…
- 29 Jan 2019
FG May Lose $9Bn to UK Firm over Alleged Contract Breach
Nigeria is on the verge of losing over $9 billion owing to a ruling by a UK Arbitration Tribunal which found the federal government culpable of breaching an agreement it signed with a gas recycling…
- 6 Apr 2025
AOT Issues Bench Warrant against Sanusi, Aero Contractors MD
Advertising Offences Tribunal (AOT) has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Captain Ado Sanusi, managing director, Aero Contractors Company of Nigeria Limited, for failing to appear before the…
- 23 Jul 2026
African Judges Pledge Support for AfCFTA’s Success
Chief Judges drawn from countries across the African continent have resolved to collaborate and support measures aimed at ensuring the success of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
- 7 Jun 2024
Tribunal Fines Multichoice N150m, Orders 30-day Free DStv, GOtv Subscriptions
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in a landmark ruling on Friday fined Multichoice Nigeria, the owners of DSTV and GoTv services, the sum of N150 million for disobeying its orders, which…
- 15 May 2019
P &ID Offers FG Olive Branch Over Contract Dispute
Nigeria stands to lose up to $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to US and UK courts by Process and Industrial Development (P &ID), a British firm tied up…
- 15 Jul 2020
CBN Seeks Power to Freeze Accounts of Criminals
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has requested statutory powers to freeze accounts linked to criminals in the country. The apex bank has also called for the creation of a Credit Tribunal to strengthen…
- 19 Jan 2017
Mastercard in $17Bn Fee Lawsuit, Accused of Preying on Millions
Mastercard Inc. preyed on more than 46 million unknowing consumers by unfairly charging card fees over a 16-year period, lawyers seeking to bring a 14 billion-pound ($17.2 billion) class-action…
- 4 May 2025
NPAN Hails Tribunal’s Ruling on FCCPC’s $220M Fine Against Meta
Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has welcomed the decision of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCT) upholding the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Inc.…
- 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…
- 4 Aug 2019
MTN Investment in Nigeria Hits N2trn
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has invested more than N2 trillion in its business operations over the past 18 years. The market value of MTN Nigeria closed at the weekend at N2.585 trillion.…
- 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…
- 16 Nov 2023
Ajaokuta Steel: Mittal, Indian Businessman Gets $500m Bailout in Nigeria
A company owned by Pramod Mittal, an Indian businessman who was the chairman of Ispat Industries Limited (now JSW Ispat Steel) is reportedly getting almost $500 million after the federal government…