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Click to see Release document >> DIGITAL LENDING RULE: FCCPC GOES AFTER VIOLATORS.pdf Wednesday, January 21, 2026: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced a phased implementation of enforcement measures in respect of Digital Money Lending (DML) operators that did not regularise their status in accordance with the Digital, Electronic, Online and […]

Thursday, November 13, 2025: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has set Monday, 5 January 2026, as the deadline for full compliance with the Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025. The Regulations came into effect on 21 July 2025 under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA) 2018. It

Wednesday, November 5, 2025: In a major operation in Kano, operatives of Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) today shut down the warehouses of five textile distributors engaged in unethical business practices. They were engaged in deceptive sale of underweight and shortened fabric materials to unsuspecting consumers in breach of the provisions of the

Monday, October 13, 2025: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) welcomes the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) draft guidelines requiring all banks to refund customers for failed Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions within 48 hours. The exposure of the CBN’s Draft Guidelines on the Operations of Automated Teller Machines in Nigeria follows the

Wednesday, September 3, 2025: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has officially issued the Digital, Electronic, Online, or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations (DEON Consumer Lending Regulation), 2025, to address longstanding consumer complaints and a variety of issues. These include exploitative practices, data privacy violations, abusive loan recovery tactics, harassment, and anti-competitive behaviour by certain

* Tunji Bello restates commitment to consumers’ protection Friday, April 25, 2025 – The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal today delivered its judgment in the appeal filed by Meta Platforms Incorporated (Facebook) and WhatsApp LLC against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), affirming the Commission’s authority and actions in nearly all the contested

Thursday, August 1, 2024: In June 2019, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (Commission) became aware that Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited (Coca-Cola) and Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) (jointly referred to as the “Companies”) had commenced a migration of their Coke brand from a formulation that included regular sugar to non-nutritive sweeteners. The migration at