•Power transmission line Over a year after the Nigerian government hiked electricity tariffs for Band A customers, users across the country have continued to express frustration over what they describe as exorbitant charges for power supply that is neither reliable nor consistent. Many of the affected consumers, who spoke with our corresponden...
•Power transmission line A Permanent Secretary in the Gombe State Civil Service and four other people were electrocuted, while 13 others sustained varying degrees of injuries, following a high-voltage surge of electricity supply in the early hours of yesterday. Muhammad Yusuf Kulani was the Permanent Secretary at the state’s Ministry of Specia...
•Adebayo and Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described as “a joke too far” the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu’s claim that 150 million Nigerians now enjoy “adequate electricity” supply of 5,500 megawatts. In a statement released by the union’s President, Joe Ajaero, yesterday, the union said the minister’s statement was “outrageo...
Residents of Iju and Ishaga in Lagos State are breathing a sigh of relief after noticing a significant improvement in electricity supply just before a planned protest against Ikeja Electric Monday this week. The “Light Up Iju/Ishaga” protest was organised in response to what residents say has been an ongoing and unacceptable level of power [&h...
Power generation companies, GenCos, on Monday warned that power plants across the country were facing imminent shutdown due to a huge N4 trillion debt owed by the federal government. In a statement issued by the Board of Trustee Chairman of the Association Power Generation Companies, APGC, Col. Sani Bello, Gencos said they were currently owed ...
•Blackout The Rural Electrification Agency, REA, today, disclosed that there are over 20,000 communities across the country without electricity supply. The Managing Director, REA, Mr Abba Abubakar Aliyu who disclosed this at the inauguration of two mini-grid projects in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State, said t...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it has transferred regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Lagos State to the newly established Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC). NERC announced this in a statement it released on X, formerly Twitter, today. The development is in compliance with the amen...
Nigeria exported N181.62bn worth of electricity from January to September of 2024, analysis of data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. A breakdown showed that N58.65bn was exported to Togo, Benin and Niger Republic in the first quarter of 2024 followed by N63.28bn in the second quarter and N59.69bn in the third […]
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has directed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) across Nigeria to undergo a recapitalisation exercise to the tune of N500 billion. This measure is aimed at strengthening their financial capacity to effectively deliver reliable electricity services to Nigerians, reports Daily Indep...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered Electricity Distribution Companies to replace obsolete prepaid meters for their customers free. It said that, according to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry Act, it is the responsibility of DisCos to replace faulty and outdated prepaid meters for their customers. This mandate wa...
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