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Help has finally come to Nigerians who were livid after hearing about the increase in DStv subscription fees . Now, it appears that the supposed price hike by Multichoice will be cut short. Just few weeks ago, the PayTV giant sent a message to all subscribers that new prices will take effects starting from the beginning of August, but this is set to be overruled by the industry regulators. During a court seating in Abuja, Multichoice was restrained from effecting the change by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba who granted the injunction, restraining them from implementing their new rates. Besides this, the court also hindered the company from interfering with the regulatory process of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC). For your reference, FHC/ABJ/CS/894/2018 Federal Republic of Nigeria V Multichoice Nigeria Limited was the suit number in which the orders were granted.

If you use any Multichoice services especially DSTV, then you most probably would not like this news. Multichoice has decided to up their subscription prices yet again. The new rates are expected to take effect from the 1st of August on both the DSTV and GoTV decoder packages. Meanwhile, there is good news for the GoTV users as the subscription for the GoTV Max is reduced from N3,800 to N3,200. The prices of the other packages remain the same. DSTV subscribers on the other hand will experience an increase on all the packages. There would be a price increase from N1,900 to N2,000 on DSTV Access, N3,800 to N4,000 on Family, N6,300 to N6,800 on Compact, N9,900 to N10,650 on Compact Plus, and N14,700 to N15,800 on the Premium package. The increase of package prices is something that multichoice has been doing for a while now, much to the annoyance of subscribers. Formally, the N9,900 Compact Plus that is set to be increased to N10,650 used to be N7,800. There is nothing yet from t...