Tag: electricity
Electricity: MDAs, army owe DISCOs N60bn
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) says ministries, departments, agencies and the Nigerian Army are owing the Distribution Companies…
ASUU urges FG to halt privatisation of electricity sector
The Academic Staff of Nigeria Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to stop private ownership…
Electricity tariff hike: Fashola begs consumers
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday chaired the Second Monthly Meeting of the Power Sector…
New tariff and unholy electricity fixed charge by Terry Odisu
fashola The affable minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has explained to Nigerians why it is necessary to…
South Africa: Buhari, Xi Jinping to discuss railway, power projects
President Muhammadu Buhari will be in South Africa , Thursday to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) taking…
620 million Africans including 96mn Nigerians lack access to electricity
At least 620 million Africans lack access to electricity and 96 million of them are from Nigeria, the most populous…
Edo communities hold BEDC hostage
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of youths, women and men of Ogbenogbo, Ogbegbuya and Goodwill/Trade Fair communities in Benin City, capital of…
France to invest €130m on Nigerian roads, electricity, water
French President, Francois Hollande has stated that his country will invest 130million euro in rebuilding Nigerian roads as well as…
Don’t charge Nigerians for electricity not consumed, NERC directs Discos
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) to urgently restructure their fixed charges…
Union disrupts activities of S/South Electricity Distribution Companies
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday disrupted activities at Electricity Distribution Companies in the South South over…
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We must have steady electricity in Nigeria, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that his administration will give the fullest possible attention to boosting power supply…
LAWMA To Generate Electricity –MD
The new managing director of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr. Abdulwahab Ogunbiyi, has disclosed that the agency has the…
Isolo Residents Thrown Into Darkness For Protesting Over Crazy Bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Isolo, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, may be in darkness for long as electricity supply…
Electricity supply to court disconnected over N250,000 bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was disagreement between electricity workers and court officials after the workers of the Ikeja Electricity company stormed…
Poor Electricity Supply Affecting Operations —Intels
The General Manager of Intels Nigeria Ltd., Mr Sascha Kuehl, on Friday said that unsteady power supply was hindering smooth…
Keeping Faith With Buhari’s Pace
By Tayo Ogunbiyi While addressing some Nigerians in Diaspora in the course of his recent visit to the United States…
Lafarge Africa’s 220mw Power Plant Begins Operations In Oct.
Lafarge Africa Plc says its newly constructed 220-mega watts power plant at Ewekoro, Ogun State, will commence operation in October.…
Nigeria’s Electricity Reforms Too Ambitious –Report
The Nigerian government’s ambitions for improving electricity supplies are “not remotely realistic”, a report by experts advising the presidency says,…
The Need For Prepaid Electricity Meters
Nigerians have a lot of challenges to grapple with. One of these challenges is the failure of electricity distribution companies…
The Need For Prepaid Electricity Meters
Nigerians have a lot of challenges to grapple with. One of these challenges is the failure of electricity distribution companies…
Where Nigeria’s Power Roadmap Missed Road
By SKC Ogbonnia Despite investing over $30 billion in the sector in the past 15 years, Nigeria ’s epileptic power…
Empty Treasury Awaits Buhari
By Joe Igbokwe If PDP and the President had known that they may not make it in the 2015 presidential…
Sokoto provides electricity to 550 communities in 7 years
Sokoto State Commissioner for Rural Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Maigwandu, on Sunday said that the state government had spent about N5.8…
Union assures Nigerians of stable power supply
Aminat Ibrahim, the President of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC), on Friday assured Nigerians of improved…
Electricity consumers bemoan poor power supply, outrageous billing
Electricity consumers in Oshodi area of Lagos on Thursday bemoaned the poor electricity supply to the community in the last…
How Buhari/Osinbajo Govt Can Improve Electricity Supply
By Muyiwa Abiodun Now that the APC has won the March 28 Presidential elections, one of the Major concerns is…
Power generation drops by 1.5gigawatts as Nigeria loses N2.5bn
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday said that the country’s power supply would drop by 1.5 gigawatts due…
Ghana President promises bold action on electricity crisis
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday promised decisive action to fix the country’s worsening electricity crisis, which has wreaked…
FG set to boost electricity, signs MoU for 500 megawatts
The Federal Government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with One Nation Energy Platform Ltd. for the production of…
CBN disburses additional N39.5bn for electricity generation, distribution
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed additional N39.527 billion to six electricity generating and distributing companies from the N213…