BY SAM OTUONYE The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has disclosed that the Federal Government has paid 45 percent of the invoices submitted by… Read More »Electricity: FG has paid 45% of GenCos invoices – Adelabu
On Monday, NERC announced this on its X account, naming the states as Imo, Ondo, Ekiti, and Enugu. The electricity market regulator claims that states… Read More »NERC Gives Four States Complete Control Over Electricity Regulations
By Francis Nansak Lafia Nasarawa State House of Assembly says it would give the state government power to generate and distribute electricity in order… Read More »Nasarawa Assembly gives State Govt nod to generate, distribute electricity
The Nigerian government may impose another increase in electricity rates in October 2024, given that the nation’s monthly power subsidy increased to N181,63 billion in… Read More »Nigeria’s monthly power subsidy surpasses N181.63 billion as fresh electricity pricing hike looms.
…decries the dilapidated state of electricity infrastructure BY SAM OTUONYE and MYKE UZENDU The Federal Government is set to release another $800m for the… Read More »FG to inject additional $800m in electricity distribution infrastructure – Minister
By Helen Ochie The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that all of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation… Read More » Electricity: Togo, Benin owe $14m for supply in Q1, 2024 – NERC
Subsidy payments on electricity gulped over N633.30 billion in the first quarter of 2024, representing a 150.5 per cent increase from ₦252.76 billion in… Read More »Subsidy On Electricity Increases, Hits 150% To N633bn Despite Tariff Increase
Delight Chinedum There is tension at the offices of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, across South-East by Electricity Workers under the aegis of National Union… Read More »Protest: Electricity workers storm EEDC over Police harassment, demand release of detained members
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, according to Minister of electricity Adebayo Adelabu, cannot resolve the issues facing the electricity industry that date back fifty years… Read More »Adelabu informs Nigerians, “We can’t fix 50-year electricity problem in a year.”
Residents of Ebute-Metta in Lagos State on Sunday protested outrageous estimated billing system by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). The residents trooped out into… Read More »Ebute-Metta residents protest high estimated billing by EKEDC
The current blackout being experienced in parts of the country has been linked to the collapse of national grids in some northern states. There has… Read More »Total Blackout As Two National Grids Collapse
The federal government has begun the implementation of its plan to deliver electricity, through solar energy, to about 25 million Nigerians whose communities are off… Read More »Nigeria Begins $367m Solar Rollout Programme
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the power sector has recorded an all-time national peak of 5,615.40MW. A statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos… Read More »Nigeria Records Highest Power Transmission Of 5,615.40MW
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the commission received the highest consumer-related complaints from the electricity and banking sectors in 2020. The… Read More »Electricity, Banking, Telecommunication Top Consumer Complaints In 2020- FCCPC
A loan of 500 million dollars (approximately N190 billion) has been approved by the World Bank to improve access to electricity in Nigeria. According to… Read More »World Bank Approves N190bn Loan for Nigerian Power Distribution Companies
Residents of Maiduguri and environs have been thrown into lingering blackout following the destruction of one of the towers supplying electricity to the city from… Read More »Blackout Hits Maiduguri As Insurgents Destroyed Electricity Tower