Tag: PHCN
Reports: No stable power supply in Nigeria until 2050
Simon Ateba Despite Nigeria’s government’s posturing that Nigerians will enjoy steady electricity by 2015, experts say darkness may persist until…
Funso Williams murder: PHCN spoils exhibits for trial of suspects
Some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers Chief Funso Williams, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples…
Crying For Justice
A victim of electrocution holds the Power Holding Company of Nigeria responsible On Saturday, 23 February, Uchechukwu Ewurum, 12, a…
Ice Block Sellers Record Huge Sales
Some ice block producers and vendors in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, are having a boom in sales due to the hot…
PHCN’s Fraudulent Billing System
Hard knocks will continue to come the way of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, owing to the sharp practices…
Bakare Attacks Lagos Over N72m Land charge
Founder, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has attacked Nigeria’s Lagos State Government for collecting N72 million from him for…
Nigerian Town Marks Third Year In Darkness
For the people of Epe, Lagos, western Nigeria, it is another New Year celebration in darkness as they have had…
Nigeria needs $3.2billion to pay PHCN workers
Nigeria’s Federal government needs about N500 billion, more than $3billion to pay the full entitlements of electricity workers, to be…
NEPA: Not Yet Uhuru
Considering the abysmal performance of NEPA over the years, one may conjecture that our elders may have had the organization…
Why Power Sector Reform Is Limping
Not quite long after Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was sworn in as President, following the death of Umaru Yar’Adua, the new…
How El-Rufai Converted PHCN Plot To His Own —Witness
Mr. Michael Okoye, a witness in the trial of former Minister of the FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, has narrated how the…
PHCN to shame debtors
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Plc will soon publish names of its debtors in the national dailies if…
Tenant Killed Over PHCN Bill
A 66-year old driver, Lasisi Saka has been murdered inside his one-room apartment at 31, Ekimogun Street, Off Kokumo Street,…
Nigerian Minister Risks Jail Over Meter Contract
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Power minister, Professor Barth Nnaji and Dr. Sam Amadi, chairman of National Electricity Regulatory Commission,…
PHCN Workers Call Off Strike
Workers of the PHCN on Monday called off the strike embarked upon on July 20 following the intervention of the…
Burnt Duplex In Ibadan: Ex-Eagle, Okunowo Counts Losses
Former Super Eagles and ex-Barcelona of Spain star, Gbenga Okunowo is counting the losses of the Sunday morning fire that…
25 firms bid for PHCN power stations
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Wednesday said it had received technical and financial proposals from 25 potential investors…
Plane Crash: How PHCN saved a Nigerian teenager
Nigeria’s abysmal power supply by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, may have saved 14-year-old, David Shoyemi from being…
Panel blames PHCN’s CEOs for firm’s inefficiency
A committee set up to look into metering and electricity supply in Nigeria has faulted chief executive officers of PHCN…
Nigeria boosts power supply with 120 megawatts
The Omotosho Power Plant Phase 2 in western Nigeria is ready to contribute 120 megawatts to the national grid, the Niger…
Nigeria signs deal with French firm for electricity
Nigeria has signed a deal worth up to $200 million (157 million euros) with two French firms to improve electricity…
PHCN burdened by N88b debt, says minister
Professor Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power, has disclosed that that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, the monopolist power…
Army, ministries owe Nigeria’s power coy N41billion
DESMOND UTOMWEN/Abuja A whopping N41bn is owed the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. This revelation was made at the…
PHCN Throws Lagos Govt Secretariat Into 5 Days Of Darkness
Activities in several ministries at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have been paralysed as Power Holding…
PHCN Workers Protest Deployment Of Soldiers To Facilities
The Lagos/Ogun Chapter of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Tuesday said that its members decided to go on…
NERC Boss Wants Power Generation Decentralised
Dr Sam Amadi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says decentralisation of electricity generation policy will…
4 Suspected Cable Thieves Arrested
A four-man gang that has been vandalising Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cables at Alagutan village, Ajah, and its…
Rain: Lagos Agency Urges PHCN To Check Installations
The Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) on Tuesday advised PHCN to conduct a thorough check on its installations in the…
Ikotun PHCN Takes Delivery Of 7,000 Pre-Paid Meters
The Ikotun Business Unit of PHCN says it has taken delivery of over 7,000 pre-paid meters to be installed before…
Nigerians To Pay More For Darkness As PHCN Hikes Tariff Today
With effect from today, electricity power consumers will pay more for the erratic power supply offered them by the Power…