The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), yesterday, advised consumers to extensively parboil their beans before consumption and to make sufficient enquiries before engaging in purchases. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), CPC’s Director General, Babatunde Irukera, in a statement, gave the advice on the heels of information that had gone viral on social media on the…

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and some experts in the nation’s insurance industry have advised practitioners to collaborate with religious and community leaders to increase penetration.   The experts, made the call at the yearly Insurance Consumers Colloquial that kicked -off in Lagos, with the theme: “Stimulating Insurance Consumers’ Trust in Nigeria”, organised by organised CPC,…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), have inked an agreement for a joint investigative committee for consumer issues in the telecommunications industry.

Abuse of consumers by telecommunications operators and their agents would henceforth attract serious sanctions.    This is because the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) are collaborating to tackle the ugly trend after thorough investigation s.    According to them,  the scope of the investigation essentially includes service quality, service issues…

Consumers of Digital Satellite television (DStv) in Nigeria, owned by South African multinational company- Multichoice, are angry over their inability...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has insisted that the order it made on August 20 restraining MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from increasing the subscription tariffs for its cable television, DSTv, subsists until it is set aside.

Former Governorship Candidate of Change for Progressives Congress (CPC) in 2011 election and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, Abubakar Aliyu has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists, yesterday, stated that he took the decision to quit the party to…

Satellite service provider DStv has continued to implement its new bouquet rates despite court order restraining the action. DStv is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice. The service launched in 1995, provides multiple channels and services to its more than 11.9 million subscribers. An official of DStv, who declined to give…

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has reaffirmed its commitment to protect the rights and safety of Nigerian consumers. Indeed, the council stated the need to seek ways to provide innovative and efficient to address consumer complaints in the country, stressing that the council would stop at nothing to ensure that Nigerians get value for their…

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant and former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, has urged the party leadership not to make the mistake of nominating a wrong presidential candidate for the crucial 2019 polls. The Senator tasked party faithful to base their choice of candidate on credibility rather than money considerations,…

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has described the absence of a competition law and regulator as one that discourages innovation, economic growth, foreign investment and consumer protection. According to the agency’s Director-General, Babatunde Irukera, unregulated markets in competition context constitute the otherwise “legitimate” vehicle for both financial and social extortion. Speaking at the United Nations…

Nigerian Communications Commission and the Consumer Protection Council this week held a meeting to investigate call masking in Nigeria on the directive of the National Assembly. The meeting was also to review the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the two government organizations and discuss how to work together to improve complaints resolution of telecommunications consumers.…