ELECTRICITY

The national electricity grid had a system failure that resulted in power outages across the nation. The nationwide power supply was reduced to 40 mega watts due to the system breakdown, which is the sixth in the past seven months.…

Federal Government on Tuesday, July 5, has disclosed that about 62 percent of citizens in Nigeria lacked access to electricity, while 90 per cent had no access to modern cooking fuels. However, it stated that efforts were ongoing to…

Electricity bills have soared by 58% after the Federal Government withdrew a N500 billion annual subsidy to the power sector, according to latest findings. The findings was revealed via a report issued by The PUNCH, on Thursday, June…

National power grid has on Monday experienced its second collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country. The states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others.…

Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory…

Nigeria has overtaken Democratic Republic of Congo as the country with the largest number of citizens without access to electricity globally. The new development was revealed by World Bank Group officials during a virtual engagement with…

Federal Government is reportedly considering supplying electricity to the Republic of Chad following a recent request by the neighbouring country, it has emerged. Government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed on Sunday…

World Bank has approved a $750 million loan through the International Development Association (IDA) to improve the reliability of electricity supply in Nigeria. In a statement on Tuesday, the World Bank said the loan is for the Power…

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned Nigerians against building houses under high tension power transmission lines to avoid electrocution. NEMA South-East Coordinator, Fred Anusim, made the appeal in an interview with…

Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) in Lagos has announced that non-paying customers within its franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the government to curb the spread of…

Governments around the world, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, has given restriction directives, self-isolation rules, stay-at-home orders as well as shutdown of schools and organization and flatten the curve. This restriction…

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country to suspend the proposed tariff increase. In January, the regulator had announced that there would be an upward…

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) has slammed Senator Bima Enagi, who is sponsoring the bill for the ban of Generators in Nigeria. On March 11, the senator representing Niger South, Bima Enagi, had introduced a bill that…

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 Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Usman Mohammed, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said Nigerians should be prepared to pay cost-reflective electricity tariffs in order to enjoy the benefits of the…