DStv
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MultiChoice Nigeria has unveiled its annual Step-Up offer, allowing DStv and GOtv subscribers an automatic upgrade to a higher package when they pay for a package above their current subscription. This exciting initiative provides access to premium content beyond their current package.
27 Dec
All DStv customers will have free access to all DStv channels from December 27 to 29, regardless of their current subscription package. This is contained in a statement on Thursday by MultiChoice Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seasonal offer is open to all DStv subscribers. The statement read in part, “No…
3 Dec
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Nickelodeon is making it even better with a lineup packed with laughter, action, and festive cheer. This December, gather the family, cozy up on the couch, and dive into a dazzling array of new episodes and special premieres. From live-action chaos to animated adventures, Nickelodeon (DStv…
14 Nov
MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela has revealed plans for a potential $3bn merger with French media company Canal+, owned by Vivendi SE, to help the African TV company compete with global streaming giants like Netflix. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Mawela explained that the merger, pending regulatory approval, would combine MultiChoice’s strong presence…
13 Nov
Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Group, has lost about 243,000 subscribers across its DStv and GOtv services in Nigeria within six months from April to September, 2024.
14 Jun 2024
Multichoice Group has revealed that it remitted about N192.09 billion from Nigeria in the financial year ended March 2024. The company disclosed this in its consolidated financial statements released on Wednesday for the period under review. The amount remitted was higher than that of the previous year “The group remitted $184m from Nigeria during FY24…
13 Jun 2024
MultiChoice Group, has blamed Nigeria’s economic condition as active DStv subscribers in the country dropped by 18%. The company disclosed this in its financial result for the year ended March 31, 2024, and said the decline in Nigeria affected its overall subscriber database leading to a 9% decline for the year. While the total subscription…
8 Jun 2024
MultiChoice Nigeria says it will appeal Friday’s ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja, which awarded a N150 million fine against it for challenging the court’s jurisdiction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had fined MultiChoice Nigeria the sum of N150 million for disobeying its order. The order…
7 Jun 2024
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined prominent Pay-TV operator Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DStv and GOtv, ₦150 million for disputing the court's jurisdiction and ordered the company to provide Nigerians with a one-month free subscription to its DStv and GOtv packages. A three-man panel led by Thomas Okusu gave the verdict on Friday.…
11 May 2024
The eighth edition of the DStv Media Sales and the Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MIPAN) conference was held in Lagos on Wednesday, with a cross-section of stakeholders in the marketing communications industry in attendance.
1 May 2024
Multichoice Nigeria has gone ahead with the upward adjustment of its prices for subscribers on DStv and GOtv, despite a recent court ruling prohibiting the company from raising rates. On April 24, MultiChoice announced that beginning from 1st of May, it would increase its price for its DStv and GOtv cable services. According to the…
29 Apr 2024
A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, has restrained Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii, on Monday, gave the interim order following an ex-parte motion moved by Ejiro Awaritoma, counsel for…
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China Railway Construction Company (CRCC) is leading a consortium to build a 20,000 barrels per day capacity refinery in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. CRCC, one of the largest construction companies globally and the parent company of CCECC, has previously undertaken numerous infrastructure projects, including the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s railway system. The company’s total ongoing projects…
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An Abeokuta High Court sitting in Kobape, on Monday, sentenced three men for killing Kehinde Fatinoye, his wife, Bukola, and son, Oreoluwa, on Jan 1, 2023. The three convicts are Lekan Adekanbi, Ahmed Odetola and Waheed Adeniyi. They were arraigned alongside six others: Temitope Fadairo and Adenike Adekanbi, wife and mother respectively of the first…
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Wife of Delta Governor, Mrs Tobore Oborevwori, has urged mothers and women in the state, to continue to pray for the actualisation of the ‘MORE Agenda’ of the present administration. Oborevwori made the call on Monday in Asaba, while speaking at the 17th edition of the ‘Mothers Arise’ prayer programme organised by her office. The…
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Following a viral video circulating on social media, showing Oba AbdulSemiyu Adewale Ogunjobi, the Olorile of Orile-Ifo in Ogun State, assaulting one of his subjects, the state government has announced a six-month suspension for the monarch. The sanction, contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy…
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A Kano State High Court on Monday sentenced five men to death by hanging for calling a woman, Dahare Abubakar, 67, a witch and stabbing her to death. The defendants — Da’luta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya, Ibrahim Abdu, and Ayuba Abdulrahman — were convicted on a charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Usman…
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In 2024, President Bola Tinubu, in September, nominated Prof. Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji as the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the North West Development Commission (NWDC). In December, Tinubu revised the nominees for the Governing Boards of the NWDC, with Professor Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji retaining his position as MD/CEO. The fact that Prof.…
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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL) branch, said that there was no industrial crisis in the hospital. The unions’ position was in reaction to the protest embarked on by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FTHL, demanding the immediate reinstatement…
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Loyalists of detained Finland-based Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa have said the compliance of Southeast residents with the Monday sit-at-home for over three years shows that Biafrans have delegitimize the Nigerian government. The acclaimed Deputy Prime Minister of the United States of Biafra, Dr. Ngozi Orabueze, who stated this in a statement on Monday, said the…
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The Oyo State Commissioner of Police (CP), Ayodele Sonubi, has described driving unregistered vehicles as an abnormality requiring the impoundment of such cars by the police. The CP said this following Monday’s enforcement campaign of the third-party insurance policy on motorists within the Ibadan metropolis. Sonubi said the command would start impounding vehicles with irregular…
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The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Kaduna State Council, began an indefinite strike on Monday. This was in protest over the alleged termination of 900 staff from Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company. The workers, carrying placards, blocked the entrance to the company’s corporate headquarters. They prevented both employees and customers from entering the premises. They…