BY GLORIA AKUDORO The Ndokwa Association in America (NAIA) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Delta State Government to immediately step… Read More »Association urges FG, state to connect Ndokwa to electricity
BY SAM OTUONYEÂ The World Bank Group has intensified efforts to connect 32 million Africans to reliable and affordable electricity by 2030, under the electrification… Read More »World Bank connects 32 million Africans to electricity
The Federal Government and private operators in the power sector are at odds over whether states can effectively regulate their own electricity markets under the new Electricity… Read More »FG, Power firms disagree on states’ capacity to regulate electricity
BY GLORIA AKUDOROÂ The Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, has said that Nigeria is ranked second in the world after… Read More »Nigeria ranks second after India on poor access to electricityÂ
BY PETER USMANÂ No fewer than 24 bulk electricity consumers were licensed to disconnect from the national grid by generating their own electricity in 2024,… Read More »Unstable power: 24 bulk electricity consumers dump national gridÂ
BY SAM OTUONYEÂ The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that the country incurred an electricity subsidy debt of N536.4 billion in the first… Read More »Electricity subsidy gulped N536bn in Q1- NERC
BY AKUDORO GLORIA PANA Holdings Chairman, Dr. Daere Akobo, has announced a groundbreaking initiative through PANA Infrastructure, the group’s infrastructure subsidiary and an affiliate of… Read More »PANA Holdings launches initiative to reduce electricity tariff by 25%Â
BY AKUDORO GLORIA The federal government said it has begun processes to pay N2 trillion from a total of N4 trillion legacy debts owed for electricity generated… Read More »FG to pay N2trn electricity debt in Q2
…….Minister asks Nigerians to brace for cost-reflective tariffs The nation’s economy can no longer sustain electricity subsidies, the Minister of Power, Adebayo… Read More »Electricity subsidy must go, Adelabu insists
Residents of Lagos State together spend more than N13 trillion a month for electricity, according to the Lagos State Government. This amount is deemed unsustainable… Read More »Lagos residents spend over N13 trillion monthly on electricity – Govt
BY AKUDORO GLORIA The Federal Government has commissioned a 990KW solar hybrid mini grid, that would benefit about 3900 households at Lambata community in… Read More »3900 households in Niger get electricity as FG unveils 990KW mini-grid
 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 – AdelabuÂ
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 UZENDUÂ 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 »Â 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
