Tag: electricity
Nigeria commits N72bn on equipment for unused 2,000MWs
The Federal Government has committed to invest N72 billion for the procurement and installation of equipment to help distribute unused…
Ikorodu residents protest crazy electricity bills
Some residents of Ikorodu carried out a peaceful protest to press home their demand for a realistic electricity billing system…
We’re determined to generate 3,000MW of electricity – LASG
The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it was determined to generate 3,000 megawatts of electricity through embedded power…
Electricity: Ipaja residents kicks over mass disconnection
Some electricity consumers in Baruwa community in Ipaja, Lagos, on Thursday faulted the disconnection of their power supply from the…
Eko Disco restores power to community after 9 months outage
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has restored power supply to residents of Ijegun Imore New Estate in Satellite…
We can now generate, transmit over 7,000MW of electricity – Minister
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says that the country now has the capacity to generate…
Electricity: AfDB to spend $711m in Nigeria
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday said it would invest 711.5 million dollars in some projects in the country…
World Bank approves $486m loan to upgrade Nigeria’s electricity transmission
The World Bank on Friday approved an International Development Association (IDA) Credit of 486 million dollars for the rehabilitation and…
Nigerian Govt, MAN discuss measures to distribute 2,000MW unused electricity
Determined to distribute unused 2,000MW of electricity, the Federal Government on Tuesday met with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)…
Nigerian Govt urged to tackle electricity, health in favour of masses
The Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Bishop of Abuja and Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has urged the Federal Government…
Prepaid metre producer wants direct sale of electricity to customers
Sabrud Consortium, an indigenous prepaid meter manufacturing company, has advised the Federal Government to allow producers to sell prepaid meters…
Clean-up of poorly wired electricity network begins in FCT
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said it would begin the clean-up of poorly wired communities, beginning with Gishiri village…
Electricity remains a huge problem, President Buhari admits
President Muhammadu Buhari says power remains a huge problem to the country despite the fact that energy production has reached…
Electricity: Kwara LG Secretariat Disconnected For 4 Years
The Irepodun Local Government Secretariat in Kwara has been without electricity for four years over N4.8 million debt.
How Obasanjo, Yar Adua, Jonathan squandered over N11 trillion for electricity – SERAP
A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how over N11 trillion meant to provide…
Electricity consumers to pay more
Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Joseph Chiedu Ugbo, says the call for increased electricity tariff is…
Solve Electricity; Solve Nigeria’s Economy Issues
The creation story of old sets the scene in which the heavens and the earth were covered in darkness. Then…
FG urged to demolish structures under high tension lines
An electrical engineer, Mr Charles Fashola, on Wednesday advised Federal Government to enforce laws forbidding erection of structures close to…
Structures Non-Compliant To Electricity Regulations Will Be Demolished
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has said that structures found to be non-compliant to electricity…
GenCos back govt’s move to monitor collection of electricity funds by DisCos
The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) says the Federal Government’s plan to monitor collection of electricity payment will ultimately…
Zambia energy regulator receives submissions on electricity tariff hike
Zambia’s energy regulator on Wednesday said it had started receiving submissions from stakeholders on the intention of the country’s power…
Economic Recovery Plan: FG to provide 15m jobs, 10 gigawatt of electricity
The Federal Government says it will provide at least 15 million jobs for Nigerians by the year 2020 as captured…
NNPC Plans To Generate Electricity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says its ongoing reform is geared towards transforming the corporation from an oil and…
Electricity generation hits 3,959 megawatts
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11 distribution companies…
Benue to generate 10 megawatts of electricity
The Benue Commissioner for Works, Transport and Energy, Mr Emmanuel Manger, said on Friday that the State Government had commenced…
Kaduna govt to ban sale of high energy bulbs
The Kaduna State Government said on Monday that it would soon ban the sale of high energy consuming bulbs, as…
Four Nigerian states in total darkness as national grid collapses
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, has notified electricity consumers in Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and…
FG targets 7,000mw to boost electricity, says Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the Federal Government was planning to generate 7, 000 megawatts of electricity for…
Electricity Coy records 56 cases of vandalism in Southeast
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) recorded 56 cases of power installation vandalism in the South East between January and…
Ambode begs Lagosians over fuel, power shortage
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has appealed to Lagosians to bear with the government over the lingering shortage of…