The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria over its planned subscription price increase, set to take effect on 1st March. The commission wants the pay-TV provider to justify the hike, citing concerns over repeated unilateral price adjustments. FCCPC spokesperson, Ondaje Ijagwu, confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that MultiChoice’s CEO has been ordered to appear for an investigative hearing at the commission’s headquarters on Thursday. “The FCCPC is deeply concerned...

Pandemonium has trailed the abduction of the Onojie of Udo Kingdom in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, HRH Friday Ehizojie by unknown gunmen on Sunday. According to reports, the royal father was taken hostage along with some personal aides around Rest House Junction between Ubiaja and Eguare-Udo by the gunmen who fired sporadic gunshots and thereafter dragged him into a forest after shooting to death a motorcycle rider who was carrying the king....

About four operatives attached to the Anambra State Special Anti-Tout Squad have been feared dead and others injured after their vehicle rammed into a tipper fully loaded with sand. The accident, involved three vehicles, including a private Toyota Hummer bus with registration number UWN763XA, a government-owned Toyota Hummer bus without a registration number, and a Mercedes Benz tipper. It occured along the Onitsha-Owerri Road axis of Oba, near New Road Junction in Idemili South Local...

A shocking incident occurred in Tappare Kona Uku of Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State when a 55-year-old hunter, Yusuf Garba, popularly known as Gana, was arrested for allegedly exhuming the corpse of his stepfather and severing his head for ritual purposes. The accused revealed that the son of the deceased pressured him into carrying out the gruesome act, demanding his father’s head for traditional rites a year after his burial. Garba admitted to...