Tag: electricity
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…