Millions of telecom subscribers in Nigeria could once again lose access to airtime lending services after a Federal High Court in Lagos upheld the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations).
With the ruling, telecommunications operators, including MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria and Globacom, are expected to resume the suspension of airtime and data lending services after previously restoring them following an earlier court order.
Justice A.L. Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, delivered the judgment on Monday in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/760/2026 filed by the Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (WASPAN).
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the court dismissed the suit in its entirety, rejected all the reliefs sought by the association and upheld the validity of the FCCPC’s DEON Regulations.
It ruled that the regulations were made within the commission’s statutory and constitutional powers and also
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