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Outrage In Abuja As FCTA Asks Business Owners To Pay For Using Generators
Business owners in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have frowned at the move by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA to impose a levy on companies for using generators to power their businesses.Some officials of AMAC…
UNILAG Thrown Into Darkness Over N200m Electricity Debt
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos has been thrown into darkness by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) over unpaid debt of over N200 million it billed the university for electricity consumption.The…
DisCos to face sanctions over wrongful electricity disconnection – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it is proposing to impose fines on Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for wrongfully disconnecting customers from power supply.This information was made available in a…
Nigerians spend N7trn annually on power generation – Expert
Nigerians, and by extension, their businesses, expend about N7 trillion annually on power generation, a Renewable Energy expert, Mr Stephen Ogboko, has said.Ogboko, also the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Off Grid Tech…
Group sues Ikeja, Eko DisCos over failure to cap estimated billing of customers
The Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Companies have been sued for failing to implement the order capping estimated billing of some of their customers.A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF), filed…
REVEALED: Why You Should Monitor Prepaid Meter Being Installed In Your Home, Office
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has charged Nigerians to ensure that all the meters being installed in their various home or public places are in line with the approved metering code.The Managing Director and…
FG borrowed N1.3tn to subsidise power consumers – World Bank
The Federal Government borrowed $4.2 billion (app. N1.3 trillion) in the last four years to ensure power generation companies and gas suppliers received enough payment to continue to generate electricity, a World Bank report has said.…
Niger, Togo, 2 Others to Buy Nigeria’s Idle Electricity
Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, said on Wednesday.Abdulaziz, who is also the…
Sub-Saharan Africa requires $40bn annually for energy transition plans – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Sub-Saharan African will require annual investment of 40 billion dollars to implement a robust energy transition plan.Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said that the…
DJ Switch mocks as Nigeria becomes worst electricity supplier in the world
Canada-based Nigerian disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka DJ Switch has reacted to the World Bank's disclosure that Nigeria has the highest percentage of the population without access to electricity globally.The country overtook…
Insurgents Vandalise Towers, Cut Power Supply to Maiduguri, Environs- TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330kiloVolt (KV)Transmission Line.TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi…
36m electricity meters to be installed nationwide by June 2021 – Power Minister
The Nigeria Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), the federal government Agency mandated to certify electricity meters imported into the country, has been directed by the President to ensure the installation of 36 million meters…
Jos Electricity Distribution Invests N800m to Improve Power Supply in Benue
Alhaji Inuwa Babangida, Chairman, Board of Directors, Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) Company says the company is investing about N800m to improve electricity in Benue.Babangida disclosed this on Tuesday in Makurdi, when…
EEDC Decries Poor Payment Culture for Electricity Supply in South-East
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has decried poor payment culture by its post-paid customers across South-East in spite of the steady improvement in electricity supply.The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC,…
FG Inaugurates 100KW Solar Hybrid Power in Edo
The Federal Ministry of Power, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 100KW solar hybrid mini-grid electricity in Adebayo Community, Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the joy of…
Commission to Begin Enforcement of Electricity Billing
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it will commence enforcement of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) billing cap order to ensure effective consumer protection.Mr…
NERC: More than 60 per cent of consumers on estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday said 62.63 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as at September 2020.
NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian…
IBEDC Begins Distribution of Free Meters to 10,000 Households in Osun
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) on Wednesday began the official distribution of 10,000 prepaid meters to households across Osun.The free meters distribution, which was launched under the National…
PHED Distributes 77,000 Prepayment Meters in Four States
No fewer than 77,000 prepayment meters are currently being distributed to customers in four states, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has said.The states are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers.…
Management of EEDC Rewards, Promotes 521 Staffs
The Management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has rewarded and promoted 521 staff members of the organisation for hard work, dedication and performing exceptionally well in their respective duties.…
Why FG directed reversal of electricity tariff adjustment
The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to inform all Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to revert to tariffs that were applicable in Dec. 2020.Mr Aaron…
PDP Rejects New Year Hike in Electricity Tariff
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the New Year ‘gift’ of hike in electricity tariff as approved by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately rescind the…
FG hikes electricity tariffs again
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an upward review of electricity tariffs in the country from January 1.NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba signed the revised Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) on December 30.…
Benin will Soon be Energy Self-Sufficient – Talon
Benin will soon achieve energy autonomy, President Patrice Talon reassured on Tuesday in the National Assembly.“As I speak to you, our country produces by itself, half of our current needs and will be completely…
Port Harcourt DISCO staff caught stealing from employer dragged to court
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Emmanuel Elvis before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a two-count charge bordering on…
Federal Government to Boost Electricity Through Solar System in Rural Areas
The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government is driving a robust solar system strategy that will help in delivering power supply to Nigerians, especially in rural areas.Mr Aaron Artimas, Senior Special…
IBEDC Loses N1.8 Billion to Capping of Estimated Billing – MD
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Monday, said it lost more than N1.8 billion to capping of estimated billing, describing it as a disservice to the energy industry.The acting Managing Director of the…
FG to Sanction Electricity Distribution Company Selling Meters
The Federal Government has said that it will sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to get the item.The Special Adviser to the President on…
Again, Nigeria’s Electricity Grid Collapses- TCN Confirms
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the nation’s electricity grid on Sunday experienced multiple tripping, leading to the collapse of the system.SEE ALSO: Ekiti: "Only 7 doctors working in 131 health centres" - Striking…
Federal Government Restates Commitment to Improve Power Supply
The Federal Government says it has initiated viable power infrastructure development projects to enhance quality power generation, transmission and distribution in the country.The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, stated this…