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The Senate on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), since the privatization of the power sector. The upper…

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) has issued a stern warning to Distribution Companies (DisCos) across the country, threatening to revoke their operating licenses if they fail to improve the nation's power supply situation. This…

Nigerians grappling with persistent nationwide power blackouts are facing a new layer of frustration. An analysis of data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reveals that electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) rejected a…

Nigeria's electricity sector entered a new chapter on Wednesday, January 17, as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved revised tariffs for the 11 distribution companies (DisCos) operating across the country.…

Electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees have sworn to liberate the country from what it described as the “clutches of the hustlers” in the power sector, just as it described the privatisation…

Power sector in Nigeria may never be free of continual system collapses and outages unless the Federal Government resolves the shortage in its spinning reserve, fluctuating loads, and poor investment from Distribution Companies, DISCOs.…

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered distribution companies (DISCOs) to disconnect electricity consumers for rejecting meters being distributed. It would be recalled that Federal Government in October commenced…

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an increase in electricity tariff with effect from today, September 1. This comes three months after the tariff hike implementation slated for July 1 was halted by the…

Eleven Electricity Distribution Companies, (DISCOs) under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), have affirmed that they will support the move to supply free electricity to all consumers within their…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has barred the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) from charging residential customers above an average of N1,800 or 78 kilowatt-hours monthly until meters are provided to such…

The federal government has ordered the disconnection of three electricity distribution companies from the national grid over “non-compliance with the conditions of market rules”. DisCos are allegedly owing the Transmission Company of…