A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal has dismissed a suit challenging the price increase by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, ruling that the case lacked merit. MultiChoice owns DStv and GOtv — subscription-based satellite television platforms in Nigeria. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the tribunal, dismissed the suit for lacking merit. A legal practitioner, Festus Onifade had sued …

MultiChoice Nigeria (well known as DStv) will now have to introduce an additional feature that allows subscribers to increase the number of times they could suspend their subscription.   This follows an order of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), which warned that failure to comply ‘would attract a fine of N5 million under the FCCPC Administrative Penalties …