The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres located at the Mukhtar El-Yakub House, Central Business District, Abuja. The office was sealed with the combined efforts of operatives from the FCCPC, Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as staff of the centre resisted the …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned the management of Air Peace Limited over a deluge of consumer complaints from across the country relating to the non-refund of ticket fares, even in instances where the airline had cancelled its flight operations. In a statement in Abuja on Monday by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, …

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has again frowned at the deliberate flouting of its naming right by unscrupulous corporate organizations and their collaborators as organisers. The Chairman of the NPFL, Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye made the observation on the heels of an announced Eunicell Boot Award for the highest goal scorer in the just ended 2024/25 season. Elegbeleye said the …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) has accused Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, of blackmail after threatening to suspend its operations in Nigeria to avoid paying a $290 million fine. In a statement on Sunday, the FCCPC’s director of corporate affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, described the company’s threat as a calculated move to induce a negative public …

The competition and consumer protection tribunal has upheld the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). In a statement on Friday by Ondaje Ijagwu, the agency’s director for corporate affairs, FCCPC said the tribunal also awarded $35,000 to the commission as the cost of investigation. On 19 July, 2024, FCCPC …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria to justify its proposed subscription price increase, set to take effect on 1 March. MultiChoice’s summon is contained in a statement by FCCPC’s spokesperson, Ondaje Ijagwu, in Abuja on Tuesday. Ijagwu said the commission had directed the chief executive officer (CEO) of MultiChoice Nigeria to attend an investigative …

The woman looked askance as she was told the latest prices of the food items she had come to the market to buy. ‘Everything too cost’, she moaned. Another woman haggling with the next seller interjected: ‘Nor be say dem too cost; na every day dem price too dey go up’. ‘Every day, ke? Na every minute’, the seller herself …

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God – Matthew 5:9 Dogs eating dogs and birds gnawing at each other’s innards is one way to describe the war of words between the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Tunji Bello. Both are …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has warned Air Peace against obstructing the ongoing inquiry into alleged exploitative ticket pricing and other potential violations of consumers’ rights. This is according to a statement on Sunday by the Commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu. The FCCPC’s inquiry into the airline was prompted by a surge of complaints from passengers …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sounded the alarm on a ‘cartel’ manipulating market prices nationwide, inflating costs for goods and services despite government stabilisation efforts. Addressing stakeholders during a one-day engagement on exploitative pricing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, FCCPC Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tunji Bello, revealed that the commission’s investigations in major cities have uncovered troubling …