Electricity customers to lose meters not upgraded after Nov 24 – Enugu Disco
Enugu Electricity Distribution, now known as Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited, has announced that customers yet to upgrade their meters stand…
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Adamawa introduces bill to generate electricity
A new bill to establish Adamawa State Electricity Commission has scaled first reading at the Adamawa State House of Assembly.…
We’ll restore electricity to north within 5 days – Adelabu
Mr Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power has assured that in the next five days, electricity would be restored to the…
Southeast electricity users reject plan to move customers to band A, threaten protest
The South-East Electricity Consumers Association, SEECA says it will protest against Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC’s plan to move its…
Nigerians groan as electricity bills sap 57% of minimum wage earners’ salaries
When the Federal Government announced in September that it would start paying the proposed minimum wage of N70, 000, with…
Togo, Benin owe Nigeria $5.79m electricity debt in Q2 – NERC
Togo, Benin international bilateral electricity customers owed Nigeria a total sum of $5.79 million as electricity debt in the second…
Electricity tariff hike: SMEs workers stage protest in Kano
Workers of small scale enterprises, SMEs, in Nasarawa LGA of Kano State have staged a demonstration against electricity tariff hike,…
Nigeria’s electricity generation drops to 3,521mw
Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped to 3,521,37 megawatts on Saturday barely two weeks after reaching a year high of 5,105 megawatts…
Nigeria’s electricity generation hits three-year high of 5,105mw – Adelabu
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has said electricity generation reached a three-year high of 5,105 megawatts as of July…
We‘ll soon overcome electricity blackout — Lagos government
The Lagos State Electricity Bill 2024, which is before the state House of Assembly, will end blackouts in the state.…
Grip collapse: Presidential candidates must stop using electricity as campaign promises – Idam
An activist lawyer, Madubuachi Idam, on Saturday said presidential candidates should stop using electricity as campaign promises. Idam made the…
Nigeria’s electricity generation declines to 4,723.30MW peak
Nigeria’s electricity generation has declined to 4,723.30 megawatts peak on July 4, 2024. This is according to the latest data…
Stop killing people, economy – Nigerian workers call for reversal of fresh electricity tariff hike
The Nigerian Labour Congress has asked the Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to reverse its recent tariff hike for…
NERC issues Imo approval to regulate electricity
In line with the Electricity Act 2023, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, issued an order transferring regulatory oversight of…
Electricity: NERC approves 450mw deal to halt Zungeru plant shutdown
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has okayed an interim deal for the procurement of 450 megawatts of electricity from Zungeru…
Labour Strike: Nationwide blackout looms Sunday as electricity workers vow to down tools
Nationwide blackouts will commence across Nigeria as electricity workers reveal they will be withdrawing their services from Sunday midnight for…
New electricity tariffs suffocating us – Small-scale industrialists cry out
The sudden increase in electricity prices has placed an unbearable burden on small-scale industrialists, who are already grappling with numerous…
Nigerian govt pledges restoration of electricity in eight LGAs in Sokoto
The federal government of Nigeria has pledged to restore electricity to eight local government areas of Sokoto State, after being…
South-East electricity consumers condemn 300% tariff hike, demand prepaid meters
The South-East Electricity Consumers Association (SEECA) has condemned the 300 per cent increase in tariff announced by the Federal Government.…
Nigeria’s electricity supply increased by 14.64 in 2023 – NBS
Nigeria’s electricity supply increased by 14.64 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023 on a year-on-year basis. This was…
Electricity: Except customers are metered new tariff hike will cause dissatisfaction – FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCPCC says unless electricity customers are metered by electricity distribution companies, DISCOS implementation…
Ramadan: Kaduna Disco denies free electricity supply in Kebbi
The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has denied the report of the alleged free supply of power during the Month of…
We can no longer continue to subsidise electricity – Nigerian govt
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has declared that the country can no longer continue to subsidise electricity. According to…
FG announces delivery of seven power transformers to boost electricity supply
The Nigeria Federal Government has announced that it received delivery of seven new power transformers in the Akangba 330/132kV transmission…
Electricity: Nigeria Govt spends N375.8bn on subsidies, consumers pay N782.8 in nine months
The federal government spent N375.8 billion on electricity subsidies from January to September this year, as power consumers paid N782.6…
Electricity: Nigerian govt mulls unbundling of 11 DisCos
The Federal Government plans to unbundle Eleven Electricity Distribution Companies into different states to enhance involvement for more localized oversight.…