Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has launched a scathing critique of the Federal Government’s recent decision to increase electricity tariffs, alleging that the move is a...
Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi representing Osun Central at the National Assembly, has lamented that he spends the sum of one million naira each on both power and...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said on Thursday the country would generate 6,000 Megawatt (MW) of electricity in the next six months. The minister, who...
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed his administration’s commitment to convert all boreholes within Maiduguri, the state capital, and its environs to solar-powered ones...
Amid epileptic power supply, the federal government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved a hike in electricity rates for consumers categorized under Band...
The Federal Government, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to withdraw lincences of non-performing electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The government accused the DisCos...
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has identified issues hampering effective electricity supply in Nigeria. The minister while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja,...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that electricity supply across the country will be prioritised by his ministry in 2024 in line with President...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has alleged that its Gwagwalada-Kukwaba-Apo 132 kilovolts (KV) transmission line in Abuja has been vandalised. Spokesman for the agency, Ndidi Mbah,...
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for the establishment of a 1 Gigawatt (GW) Solar PV Manufacturing plant in the country....
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has cited vandalism and insurgency as posing major threats to transmission towers across the country. The TCN which disclosed this...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, lamented that the privatisation of Nigeria’s power sector has failed to meet its objectives. According to the president, despite the privatisation...
The founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu has called on governments and the private sector in Africa to harness opportunities presented by its youthful population...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said on Friday the Federal Government was working towards generating 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2026. The minister, who disclosed...
The Federal Government paid a total of N36 billion to subsidise electricity consumption in the country in the first quarter of 2023, the Nigerian Electricity Regulation...
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address all the problems militating against stable electricity supply...
Against the backdrop of the reported cut of electricity to Niger Republic, a former Senator that represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator, Shehu Sani,...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has raised the alarm over the plan to further increase electricity tariffs by the Distribution Companies (DISCOs), describing the move as...
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria have quietly increased tariffs by as much as 18.5 percent. The new tariff was effected from December 1, 2022, leaving...
A global technology group, Wärtsilä, released on Thursday released a new report tagged “Nigeria Leading Africa to Net Zero”, which provides a detailed and realistic roadmap...
Electricity consumers in Nigeria paid Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria N393.14 billion for power consumed in the first six months of 2022. This is according...
Nigerians have over the past few months depended mostly on alternative power supplies following repeated collapse of the National Grid. But within the last few days,...
The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) on Thursday, lamented that the electricity consumption demand of Nigerians were not encouraging its members to generate more. The...
Epileptic power supply and incessant increase in cost of commodities threatens survival of many small scale businesses relying on power supply in Nigeria. ABDULGANIYU ABDULRAHMAN AKANBI...
Nigeria’s power sector peak electricity generation continued to struggle to stay above 4000 megawatts, despite huge energy demand from Nigerians in the face of petrol scarcity...
Over N4 billion was lost by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) to vandals in six months. The company said its infrastructure had become a target...
Nigeria’s national electricity grid on Sunday evening collapsed yet again, throwing several cities including the federal capital Abuja, and parts of Lagos State into darkness. This...
Power distribution Companies (DisCos) rejected a total of 2,495.3 megawatts of electricity in one week amid the outcry of blackouts in various locations across the country...
The Nigerian power grid collapsed again on Friday, throwing several states in the country into total blackout. The latest incident was the third in less than...
Strange things happen. One of such happened in an unlikely place last week. In Nigeria. Our President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari apologized to us on the myriad...
As the country continues to suffer from appalling electricity supply which dates back to weeks with its attendant negative ripple effects on the country, the Generation...
Nigeria recorded a slight improvement in electricity generation in 2021 but what was transmitted to customers remained at the same level. This is according to data...
The Nigerian Energy Regulatory Commission(NERC) has disclosed that it has yet to be paid for N770m energy supply to the three neighbouring countries and some special...
Members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, declared that the problem of the power sector in Nigeria lies in lack of policies that would make...
In the last three years, over N1.3 trillion was borrowed by the Federal Government to finance the operations of generation companies and gas suppliers. The loan...
Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are to purchase Nigeria’s utilized power generated by select electricity companies. According to the Chairman of the Executive Board of...
Despite the fact that a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before in the last decade, Nigeria still lags behind...
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says electricity customers will be compensated for lack of power supply from July. The distribution companies will be penalised for poor...
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to rescind its decision to further increase electricity tariff in June. The call was...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Kaduna State government have made different claims over the state of electricity supply in that state. The TCN...
The Management of Kaduna Electric has disclosed that the current total power blackout in Kaduna State was due to the ongoing five-day warning strike embarked upon...
Ahead of the sallah celebration, Nigeria’s power grid collapsed on Wednesday with total blackout experienced in several parts of the nation. Kaduna Electric and Eko Electricity...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it was considering the Extraordinary Tariff Review process for the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), noting that the...
The Federal Government on Sunday slammed evidence contained in a report by the World Bank on distribution of electricity in Nigeria. Ripples Nigeria had reported that...
Nigeria has overtaken the Republic of Congo as the country with less access to electricity globally according to the World Bank. WBG Practice Manager, West and...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the...
Against the backdrop of epileptic power supply, manufacturers in Nigeria spent a total of N143 billion generating their own electricity in 2019 and 2020. The figure...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that Nigeria may be forced to cut off power supply to the Republics of Niger and Benin over...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stated that a total of 8.734 million Megawatts-hour (MWh) of electricity was generated in the second quarter of 2020....
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said on Tuesday the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity. The minister, according to a statement issued...
