Tag: Electricity
Reps reject move to increase electricity tariff
The House of Representatives has rejected a move by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to approve an increase in electricity tariff.
The resolution followed...
DisCos approach NERC for electricity tariff increase
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country have approached the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for tariff increase.
Condemnation had greeted the proposed increase in...
NLC to FG: Shelve proposed electricity tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the shelving of the proposed plan of electricity tariff hike by July 1 for the collective...
Electricity consumers owe DisCo N50bn in Kwara
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) is being owed over N50 billion by electricity consumers in Kwara, an official said on Tuesday in Ilorin.
The...
Buhari launches Kashimbila Dam to boost electricity
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line and Distribution Substation (Phase I) Project,...
Woman arraigned for assaulting, breaking electricity official’s leg
A 34-year-old woman, Nosimot Alalade, was on Friday, April 14, arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Ogun State, for assaulting an...
Rivers community electrified after 2-year blackout
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has reconnected Komkom in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State to the national grid after two...
‘I won’t run frivolous govt’: Obi condemns reactions on power generation...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has declared that he would not run a frivolous government if elected as president...
Banks get guidelines to sell 60% shares in DisCos
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has issued guidelines to the banks/lenders for the sale of their 60% shares in the assets of Electricity...
BUA donates N360m water, electricity projects to Sokoto communities
A leading cement manufacturing company in Nigeria, BUA Cement, has donated water, electricity, and other projects worth about N360 million to communities in Sokoto...
