GOtv Lite Channels List in Nigeria: Now GOtv Smallie
GOtv Lite is now GOtv Smallie: ₦1,900 a month, ₦5,100 a quarter or ₦15,000 a year. GOtv's page shows 33 TV channels and two radio stations.
The Lite name went in 2020, but the package did not change character. GOtv’s cheapest package is still mostly Nigerian local stations, with SuperSport Blitz as the only sports channel and no movie channel at all. The full list from GOtv’s own Smallie page is below.
The price is what changed most. Lite was ₦400 a month when this article was first written in 2018. Smallie is ₦1,900, nearly five times as much.
From Lite to Smallie
| Package | Per month | Per quarter | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOtv Lite, August 2020 | ₦410 | ₦1,080 | ₦3,180 |
| GOtv Smallie, October 2020 | ₦800 | ₦2,100 | ₦6,200 |
| GOtv Smallie today | ₦1,900 | ₦5,100 | ₦15,000 |
The first two rows come from saved copies of GOtv Nigeria’s own packages page. In late August 2020 it still listed Lite. By October the same slot, with the same monthly, quarterly and yearly options, carried the Smallie name at almost double the price.
MultiChoice treats the two as one package. The terms of a GOtv promotion it ran in 2025 describe paying for Smallie as paying for Lite.
GOtv Smallie channels list
GOtv’s Smallie page shows the channels as logos with their channel numbers, grouped by type. This is everything on it.
| Type | Channels and their numbers |
|---|---|
| Local | ONMAX (15), Sunna TV (114), Lagos TV (120), Silverbird (121), AIT (122), NTA International (124), NTA 2 (125), Wazobia TV (128), WAP TV (129), OGTV (133), BCOS (134), Arewa 24 (136), Liberty TV (137), ITV Benin (140), EBS (141), RSTV (142), Biscon TV (144), R2TV (145), Rave TV (146) |
| News | TVC News (25), NTA News 24 (26), Channels (27), Al Jazeera (71), NTA Parliament (126) |
| Religious | Faith (110), Islam Channel (111), Dove TV (113), Catholic TV (115) |
| General entertainment | Trybe (13), TVC Entertainment (16) |
| Lifestyle | Spice TV (19) |
| Sport | SuperSport Blitz (60) |
| Children | Jim Jam (80) |
| Radio | Naija FM (301), Wazobia FM (302) |
| Movies, music, documentary | None |
That makes 35 entries, which matches the 35+ GOtv advertises. Two notes on reading the page. Channels 26 and 124 both show a plain NTA logo, and GOtv’s TV guide names them as NTA News 24 and NTA International. Al Jazeera’s number is printed as 571 on the Smallie page and as 71 on GOtv’s other package pages and in its TV guide, so 71 is the one we have used.
GOtv’s TV guide tags a few more channels to Smallie than the package page shows, Cartoon Network and SuperSport Football among them. We have gone with the package page, because that is what GOtv sells the package on. If one of those channels is your reason for paying, confirm it with GOtv before you do.
The 23 channels in GOtv Lite
People still search for the 23 channels in GOtv Lite. That was the size of the Lite line-up this page listed in 2018. The figure survives in one corner of GOtv’s Smallie page, where the features box says the package covers 23 channels. The top of the same page says 35+ and the channel section shows 35. Go by the list above.
What Smallie does not have
- Africa Magic. The Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo channels start at Jinja.
- Football channels. SuperSport Blitz is the only sports channel. SuperSport Football and SuperSport LaLiga start at Max.
- CNN and BBC World News. Both start at Jolli. Al Jazeera is the one international news channel on Smallie.
- Movies and music. GOtv’s page shows no channel of either type.
Monthly, quarterly or yearly
Smallie is the only GOtv package priced for longer than a month.
| How you pay | Price | Cost of twelve months | Saved against monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | ₦1,900 | ₦22,800 | Nothing |
| Quarterly | ₦5,100 | ₦20,400 | ₦2,400 |
| Yearly | ₦15,000 | ₦15,000 | ₦7,800 |
Yearly works out at ₦1,250 a month, and it costs less than eight months paid one at a time. If the decoder will be on all year, pay once. What a full year of Lite cost in 2020 now covers about seven weeks of Smallie.
Is Jinja worth the extra?
Jinja is ₦3,900 a month, ₦2,000 more than Smallie. GOtv’s Jinja page shows everything on Smallie and 14 more channels: Africa Magic Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Family and Epic, Bravo, Real Time, SuperSport Kickoff, SuperSport Africa, Nickelodeon, Sound City, Arise News, News Central and Tiwa N Tiwa.
Smallie is the right package when the decoder is there for local stations and the news. If anyone at home watches Africa Magic, Jinja is the cheapest package with it. The gap adds up, though: twelve months of Jinja is ₦46,800, against ₦15,000 for Smallie paid yearly.
Our guide to all six GOtv packages and their prices has the rest. If you are looking for the old Plus package, see the GOtv Plus channels list.
One caution. MultiChoice has said refreshed DStv and GOtv packages are on the way and has not published the details, so Smallie may not be the last name this package has.
Quick answers
Is GOtv Lite still available?
Not under that name. GOtv has sold its cheapest package as Smallie since 2020.
How much is GOtv Lite now?
As Smallie it is ₦1,900 a month, ₦5,100 a quarter or ₦15,000 a year.
How many channels are in GOtv Lite?
GOtv advertises Smallie as 35+. Its package page shows 33 TV channels and two radio stations.
Can GOtv Lite show Yoruba channels?
Africa Magic Yoruba is not on Smallie’s page. It starts at Jinja, at ₦3,900 a month. Smallie does carry Lagos TV and OGTV, the Lagos and Ogun state stations.
Does GOtv Lite show football?
Smallie has one sports channel, SuperSport Blitz. SuperSport Football and SuperSport LaLiga start at Max, at ₦8,500 a month.
