Tag: PHCN
Ogun State Residents Lament Power Outage
Nkem Taiye-Ulebor Residents of Alagbole and Ajuwon in Ogun State have lamented the power outage which the community has been…
Nigeria’s Power Firm Owes N850bn
Nigeria’s National Electricity Liabilities Managing Company (NELMCO), on Wednesday said it was grappling with N850 billion debt it inherited from…
FG bemoans destruction of power equipment
Fifteen power transmission towers were destroyed in one week by unidentified vandals, across Nigeria, according to a top official of…
Steady Electricity: How Long Do We Wait?
By Kanayo Esinulo There was a huge joy among informed Nigerians when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was…
APC On A Rescue Mission
By Joe Igbokwe I plead with Nigerians East, West, North, South and Nigerians in Diaspora not to see the emergence…
Nigeria completes privatization of power companies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria rounded off the privatization of successor companies to Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, its public utility…
As Swindlers Port From Emails To Phone Calls
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Email was predominantly the avenue they use in getting at us. If yours isn’t set to shut…
Residents’ Registration Is Not For Taxation Purpose
Ms Olayinka Fashola, Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of Lagos State Residents’ Registration Agency, LASRRA, recently spoke with journalists on the…
Transmission Hiccups
New owners of power distribution and generation companies face an arduous task on the way to stable electricity supply The…
End of An Era: Bye Bye PHCN, welcome light
Across Nigeria today, the Federal Government completed the final burial rites for the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, handing over…
Nigerians hope for better times as PHCN fades out
Nigerians have reacted to the handover of Power Holding Company of Nigeria to 16 successor companies. The Vice-President, Alhaji Namadi…
PHCN Workers Threaten Showdown
Thousands of disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have threatened a showdown with the Federal Government,…
Jonathan hands over power plants to new owners
Nigeria’s Federal Government Monday in Abuja handed over share certificates and licences to new core owners of 15 of the…
Federal ministries, PHCN owe N2b in PAYE taxes
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Chairman of Edo Board of Internal Revenue, BIR, Chief Oseni Elamah, freed by the police, after being detained…
Paying More For Darkness
To many people around the world, Nigeria seems to be a very strange country. The closer you look, the lesser…