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- 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…
- 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…
- 25 Jul 2022
Tariff Hike: Tribunal Fixes September 6 for Judgment in Suit against MultiChoice
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Sept. 6 for judgment in a suit filed against MultiChoice, the operator of Govt and DStv, over the recent price hike on…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 28 Apr 2025
NBC Loses Appeal as Tribunal Upholds ₦190m Fine for Misleading Packaging
Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has rejected a proposed settlement between the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC), also known as Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, and the Federal…
- 18 May 2023
FG Inaugurates Advertising Offences Tribunal
Federal government has inaugurated the Advertising Offences Tribunal to deal with violations of the provisions of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria Act No. 23 of 2022. Lai Mohammed,…
- 23 May 2018
Tribunal Orders FCMB to Pay N988.5m Decade Old Debt
Investments and Securities Tribunal, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) to pay the sum of N988.5million to a stock broking firm after a decade long dispute. …
- 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…
- 24 Jan 2018
Union Bank Share Scam: Investments and Securities Tribunal Exonerates Akande, Okoloko
The Investments and Securities Tribunal, sitting in Abuja over the illegal procurement of the Bank’s own shares with its funds has exonerated Onikepo Akande and Onajite Okoloko from the shares scam…
- 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…
- 27 Apr 2025
Meta Challenges Nigerian Tribunal's $220M Fine over Data Breaches
Meta has announced its intention to appeal the decision of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT), which upheld a $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer…
- 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…
- 20 Sept 2019
NIPR Mulls Tribunal to Check Professional Misconduct
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has said that plans are on to establish a tribunal to ensure there is sanity in the Public Relation profession. Malam Mukhtar Sirajo,…
- 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…
- 30 Jul 2024
Meta lists 22 reasons why Nigerian Tribunal should quash FCCPC’s $220 Million penalty
WhatsApp and its Parent company, Meta, have filed an appeal with the Nigerian Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, seeking to overturn a $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 19 Jun 2020
Experts Discuss the Future of Virtual Hearing in Arbitral Tribunal
Today, in the age of imagination, ‘virtual’ has become real, and even more so, the new normal in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The world has dramatically changed in the past few months,…
- 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…
- 3 Oct 2024
FG to Rename FIRS, Plans Tax Tribunal
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted four Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Bills to the National Assembly for accelerated consideration and passage into law, including Economic Stabilisation Bills,…
- 4 Apr 2015
How World Powers Plotted Jonathan’s Defeat
President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, according to the Tribune. The Tribune said that…
- 26 Jun 2024
Subscription Hike: CCPT “Erred in Law”, Multichoice Claims in Appeals against N150m Fine
Multichoice Nigeria has appealed the ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) which imposed a fine of N150 million and “free monthly subscription order” on it. The Pay TV…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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)…
- 9 Dec 2025
SEC Seeks Freeze of CBEX Accounts Over N1.3tn Ponzi Scheme
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the Investments and Securities Tribunal to order the freezing of bank accounts belonging to Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) and 25 other defendants…
- 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…
- 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…