Tag: electricity
Rolling Blackouts, Heatwave and Tales from Dead Bulbs
I don’t know how it is in your part of town. But it’s been a nightmare in mine, a supposedly middle-class residential area in...
IMF Urges Nigeria to Phase Out Fuel and Electricity Subsidies
Abuja, Nigeria, February 9, 2024: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Nigerian government to completely eliminate costly fuel and electricity subsidies, stating...
Benue Govt inaugurates 35 Km Ichama rural electrification project
Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state, on Tuesday inaugurated the 35-Kilometre Okpoga- Idoba – Ichama Federal Rural Electrification project in Ichama, Okpokwu Local Government...
NEMSA certifies 10,692 electrical installations in Nigeria in 2022-MD
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) said on Sunday that it had certified 10,692 out of the 15,000 electrical installations inspected in Nigeria...
Kano Govt. inaugurates rural electrification scheme
The Kano State Government has inaugurated a rural electrification scheme known as “Stand Alone” at Gabasawa town, in Gabasawa Local Government Area (LGA) of...
World Bank lists Nigeria among countries with biggest electricity deficit
Despite the fact that a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before in the last decade, Nigeria still...
Seven plants produce Nigeria’s 59% electricity – World Bank
Power supply in Nigeria comes majorly from seven power generation plants that produce 59 per cent of the total electricity supplied across the country,...
Expect increased Electricity tariff as NERC concludes extraordinary review
Electricity tariff will likely go up soon as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced plans to conclude the Extraordinary Tariff Review process for...
Trader bags 18 months imprisonment for ”stealing” 5,500kWh of electricity
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced a trader, Mu’ammar Getso to 18 months imprisonment for ”stealing” 5,500 kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity from...
We did not export power worth $81.48bn – FG
The Federal Government has denied allegations in the media that the nation has continued to export power to neighbouring countries, despite being owed the...
Ogoja: Old town deliberately crippled by power supply
The poor power supply situation in Ogoja has made owning and running a business a trying venture, writes Jubal Kanayo.
Many who remember the Civil...
AEDC installs 320,000 meters in 4 States
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says it will install 320, 000 meters for consumers yet to have meters in Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa and...
Ikeja Electric Appoints Folake Soetan as Acting CEO
Ikeja Electric Plc, today announced the appointment of Mrs. Folake Soetan as its Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective March 2nd, 2020.
She takes over from...
TCN energises new 100MVA power transformer in Ogba substation
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has energised another brand new 100MVA 132/33kV power transformer installed in Ogba Transmission Substation, Lagos State,
A...
Ikeja Electric to increase MAP vendors, targets new 1m customers in...
The Ikeja Electric (IE) on Thursday said it had opened a bid to add more Meter Assets Providers (MAPs) to speed up metering of...
Ikeja Electric disconnects Lagos Magistrate Court over debt
Ikeja Electric recently disconnected Lagos Magistrate Court due to months of unpaid bills.
According to Punch Metro, the court did not have a big generator to...
FG slashes electricity tarrif by 50%
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced over 50 per cent reduction in electricity tariff with just 11 days to the presidential election.
The new tarrif...
