Tag: Power Holding Company Of Nigeria
Live Wire Tragedy: PHCN Abandons Boy, 9
Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has allegedly abandoned a 9-year old boy, Ifakolade Afeez, who reportedly lost his arm…
On PHCN’s Fraudulent Tariff Regime
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Nigerians bear a lot of burden. Perhaps, they could, at best, be referred to as ‘beasts of…
Power Sector Tussle
Two power companies owned by Professor Barth Nnaji, former Minister of Power, take on the Bureau of Public Enterprises in…
Mob attacks PHCN Office Over Crazy Bill
An angry mob in Abaranje, Ikotun area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, went on the rampage and attacked the staff of…
Policeman, Boy Electrocuted In Ogun
A police officer serving at the Ogun State Government House in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, Sunday Joseph, has been…
Mikano Veers Into Steel Fabrication
As Nigeria makes gains with electricity supply reforms, Mikano, which daily turns out truckloads of high-capacity power generating sets, has…
President Jonathan And Electricity
“God willing, as we progress to 2013, improvements will become clearer. One advantage we have is that Nigeria has gas. Sometimes…
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…
Corrupt Public Officers Buying Up PHCN, Says Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, says that majority of those winning the bids to acquire Power Holding Company of Nigeria…
25 Firms Take Over PHCN
There were indications that Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo would today announce the firms that would take over the Power…
PHCN Workers Jubilate Over Nnaji’s Resignation
Workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, this morning jubilated over the resignation of Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji.…
PHCN Workers Call Off Strike, Give FG 1 Week Ultimatum
Workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have called off the nationwide strike they embarked upon in protest…
PHCN Owes NNPC N26bn For Gas Supply
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) owes the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) and other gas operators N26 billion for…
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,…
PHCN Unions Acting Like Outlaws —Bart Nnaji
Professor Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power on Monday said the various unions to which workers of Power Holding Company…
54 Investors Bid For 11 PHCN’s Firms
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has received, as at Tuesday, technical and financial proposals from 54 investors interested in…
Lagos Moves To Stop Sale Of PHCN Properties
The Lagos State Government says it will seek redress in court to set aside any sale of the Power Holding…
PHCN Cable Electrocutes 6
The Apata area of Ibadan was today thrown into mourning as Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, electric cable which…
Landlord Burnt To Death
A 64-year old landlord, Moses Ajani, was this morning burnt to death when fire gutted his 12-room bungalow at Oworonshoki…
Ibadan Residents Groan Under PHCN Extortionists
The residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, have called on the management of the Power Holding Company…
Hair Dresser Electrocuted
A 23-year old girl, Blessing Eyo Okon, a hair dresser, was electrocuted at about 12:45 pm on Friday afternoon when…
Don’t Contribute To Buy Transformers, PHCN Tells Public
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has frowned at allegations that it was collecting monies from members of the…
PHCN Staff Killed Over N100 Levy
A staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has been stabbed to death over N100 levy. Sikiru Adedayo,…
Public Utilities And Reckless Residents
Every time government hands over a project to a community or commissions one, the government always urges the community to…
Fire Guts Lagos Environment Ministry
Part of the third floor of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was gutted by fire…
Cable Thief To Spend 6 Months In Jail
An Igbosere magistrate’s court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cable thief,…
PHCN Workers Pray Over Privatisation
All workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, led by Monzor M. Musa, president of their workers union, Joe…
Darkness Hits Storm Ravaged Areas In Lagos
The aftermath of the rain storm that hit many areas in Lagos State on Monday has thrown most of 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 Seeks Support Of Royal Fathers
The Business Manager, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Odogunyan business unit, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Engr. Moses Jebutu, has called…