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The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined the prominent Pay - TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV, N150 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. The tribunal had previously blocked Multichoice from raising subscription fees without proper notice, based on a lawsuit by Barrister Festus Onifade who claimed the 8-day notice given for the price increase was inadequate. Mister Onifade had sued DStv, accusing the Pay -TV of unjustly increasing subscription fees without one month notice to customers and leveraging on it to seek interim orders. Counsel for Multichoice had contended that previous rulings had settled price regulation issues, while Onifade focused on the inadequate notice rather than the price hike itself, prompting the tribunal to affirm its jurisdict...

Gunmen Suspected To Be Herders Kill 16-Year-Old Enugu Student, Sexually Assault Sister BigiNaija  gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Saturday. Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly killed a 16-year-old student of Nsukka High School, identified as Chikamso and sexually molested his sister. A video seen by SaharaReporters on Tuesday shows the lifeless body of the student lying on the floor with family members crying profusely. The late Chikamso, who hailed from Ukpata, in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, was reportedly killed while returning to Nsukka, where he was studying.   He was reportedly with his younger sister when they were intercepted by the herdsmen who sexually abused her.   Chikamso was reportedly shot in the head while trying to stop the assailants from abusing his sister. According to the locals, the deceased and his sister were attacked at Ukwuapku between Ukpata and Uvuru communities.   A short statement acc...

Strike: FG offers minimum wage above N60,000 as NLC/TUC to meet today to decide fate of ongoing strike The Federal Government has offered to pay a minimum wage above N60,000. The figure was disclosed by the government after a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress TUC at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF on Monday night, June 3. For the Federal Government of Nigeria, those who signed the statement were Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation; Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha and, Minister of State for Labour and Employment. For the Organised Labour, those who signed were Joe Ajaero, President, Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and Festus Osifo, President, Trade Union Congress TUC. The statement reads “Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria @TCN_NIGERIA reports that the Labour Union has shut down the national grid, resulting in a nationwide blackout as a strike begins.  According to TCN, the shutdown occurred at about 2:19 am on Monday, June 3, 2024. The shutdown originated from the Benin transmission operator and spread to other substations in Ganmo, Benin, Ayede, Olorunsogo, Akangba, and Osogbo.  TCN also states that power generating units from various stations were forced to shut down some units of their plants. However, at about 3:23 am on Monday, TCN began grid recovery efforts, using the Shiroro Substation to attempt to feed transmission lines supplying bulk electricity to the Katampe Transmission Substation.  TCN assures the public that it is working diligently to recover and stabilise the grid to restore normal bulk transmission of electricity to distribution load centres nationwide.

Yoruba, Igbo, Other Ethnic Nationalities Should Be Able To Exit ‘Freely’ From Nigeria –  The private bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria."  Every ethnic nationality and people in Nigeria will have an unconditional right to self-determination, the promoter of a trending draft "bill" seeking a return to the regional system of government, Dr Akin Fapohunda, has proposed. The private bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the full proposal obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday, Fapohunda also suggested the scrapping of the presidential system of government, reintroduction of the parliamentary system, return to unicameral legislature, as well as provision for self-determination by any section of the country which desires so. It read, “Every Ethnic Natio...