Babatunde Irukera
27 Sep
The Executive Vice Chairman, the Federal Compettion and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, has urged financial technology providers to embrace regulations to ensure that they are protected from bad people that infiltrate their system.
25 Sep
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that it will issue a summon to Erisco Foods Limited over the arrest and detention of Chioma Egodi Jnr.
16 Aug
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has released a fresh list of 154 companies it has approved to fully operate loan apps in the country.
3 Aug
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has ordered Google to delist 18 more loan apps/digital lending companies from its PlayStore and platforms immediately. The Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC, Babatunde Irukera, gave this directive in a statement issued on Wednesday. The commission had on July 20, 2023 asked Google to…
24 Jul
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (FCCPC), has identified cartels, climate change and traders, among other factors as reasons for food crises in Nigeria.
6 Jul
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has taken a firm stance against the planned increase in unified price-fixing on point of sale (PoS) charges by the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN), Lagos Chapter.
9 Jun
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has recommenced the registration of Digital Money Lenders (DMLS) in the country.
11 Apr
Relief has come the way of borrowers in Nigeria and other countries as Google has introduced a new policy that bans loan apps from accessing photos and contacts of users.
10 Apr
The Nigerian Government has welcomed Google's restriction on loan applications from accessing their users' contacts and photographs from May 31, 2023.
6 Apr
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned defaulting online money lenders and their clients that they will be taken to court soon. The Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, Babatunde Ayokunle Irukera, gave the warning in an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday. Irukera also spoke on the commission's…
3 Apr
Officials of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), have frowned at the plan of the Lagos State University (LASU) to sell only the bread, produced by the institution, on campus.
21 Feb
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, has warned health caregivers in the country against infringing on the rights of patients in public hospitals.
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