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according to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry Act, it is the responsibility of DisCos to replace faulty and outdated prepaid meters for their customers.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...
•Blackout Residents, business owners, hospital administrators, and others in Northern Nigeria have expressed concern as the region marks its eighth consecutive days without electricity, leading to significant disruptions in essential services and economic activities. The outage, which began last Monday, was triggered by the tripping off of the...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the country supplies electricity to neighbouring nations such as Togo, Benin Republic and Niger Republic. TCN’s Chief Executive Officer Sule Abdulaziz said this last night on Channels Television. Nigeria’s power sector has in the last week experienced a series of blackouts with the national grid c...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says despite the hike in electricity tariff paid by Nigerians, the cost of energy is still cheaper in Nigeria than in some neighbouring countries. TCN Managing Director, Sule Abdulaziz, stated this on Channels Television yesterday. He said Nigerians are paying more for power because electricity product...
Electricity customers on Band A feeders may need to brace up for a possible tariff increase following the rise in the electricity tariff shortfall otherwise known as subsidy. The electricity subsidy to be paid by the Federal Government rose to N181,63bn in September from N102.30bn in May, reports The PUNCH. In April when the Nigerian […...
•Electricity grid None of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry made payment against the cumulative invoice of $14.19 million issued by the market operator for services rendered in the first quarter of 2024. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Com...
•Meter The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has decried the high charge of electricity bill in universities, saying some were charged between N300 and N400 million bill in one month. He wondered how the institutions can cope if there is no urgent intervention, reports Daily Trust Echono who st...
•An electricity worker At least 59 electricity workers died in the line of duty between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. A report by the commission confirmed that 23 of the workers lost their lives in 55 accidents in the first quarter of […]
•Tinubu There are indications that Nigeria’s frequent electricity system collapse will continue because of 10 deep-seated problems facing the power sector and the inability of the government and other stakeholders to find lasting solutions to them in the short term. Checks by our correspondent, yesterday, identified the reasons to include obso...
•Students protest The students of the University of Ibadan have staged a protest to express their grievances over the schedule of 10 hours of electricity supply on campus and a hike in tuition. The protest started in the late hours of yesterday and has continued today with the students bearing placards at the front of […]
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