Tag: ELECTRICITY
Soldiers Foil Attack On Electricity Infrastructure In Yobe
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Yobe State have foiled Boko Haram terrorists' attack on high-tension electric towers in the...
Cheap Electricity: Nigeria Ranks 109 Amid 168% Tariff Hike In Eight Years.
Despite a near-zero improvement in power supply efficiency under the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari., and contrary to the boast by the Minister of...
Flouting Rules: Federal Government To Disconnect Firms From National Grid
Federal Government has begun disconnecting some power companies from the national grid over non-adherence to the Electricity Market Rules.Head of Market Operators, Transmission Company...
Electricity Supply: Nigeria’s National Grid Suffered 222 System Collapses In 12 Years...
Nigeria’s electricity grid suffered 222 partial and total system collapses from January 2010 to June 2022.An analysis of industry data - mostly from the...
Energy: Blackout Looms As Electricity Workers Join NLC-ASUU Protest
Nigeria may witness another round of blackouts beginning from Tuesday as electricity workers on Sunday insisted that they would join the solidarity protest of...
Electricity Consumer Group Calls For Cancellation Of Service Reflective Tariff
The All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum has asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC to cancel the approval of Service Reflective Tariff SRT for...
Electricity Workers Give TCN 14-Day Strike Notice Over Pending Issues May...
Electricity workers in the country have issued a 14-day strike notice to the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN over unresolved labour...
Supply Electricity: Federal Government Assures Of Reliable Power Grid For Efficient
The Federal Government is working towards reliable power grid to ensure efficient electricity supply in the country.Minister of Power Abubakar Aliyu gave the assurance...
Electricity: Federal Government Settles N3.5trn Of N4trn Invoices Of GENCOS
The Federal Government has settled the power Generation Companies, GENCOS to the tune of approximately 3.5 trillion naira from the total invoices of 4...
NERC Says Togo, Benin, Niger Republics Paid Nothing For Nigeria’s Power...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC says the Benin, Niger Republic and Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria...
Plight Of Citizens: Association Laments Hike Incooking Gas Prices, Electricity Tariff
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN says the hike in electricity tariff and cooking gas prices will worsen the plight of citizens.It also noted...
FG Working Hard To Improve Quality Of Electricity Supply – Minister
Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, says the Federal Government is working very hard to improve quality and quantity of electricity supplied to Nigerians.A statement...
Energy: Expert Says Governments’ Mass Metering Programme To Generate 500,000 Jobs
An Energy expert Kola Balogun, believed that the Phase One of the National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP can create 500,000 jobs for Nigerians.Balogun, who...
Grid Collapse: Tcn In Four-Hour Power Restoration Battle
Power generation on the national grid collapsed to as low as 10megawatts on Wednesday afternoon, but rose to 4,123.8MW onThursday morning after a four-hour...
Petrol, Electricity :Nlc To Announce Position On Hike Soon – Wabba
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the organised labour will soon come out with a position on the recent increase in prices of various...
Electricity: NERC Says No Tariff Increase For Customers Enjoying Under 12...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has insisted that electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos must not increase tariffs of customers enjoying less than 12 hours...
Buhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila Meet Over Covid-19 Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari met with president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on coordination of the...
Electricity: Gas Shortage Hits 16 Gencos, As Nigerians Face Blackout For...
Gas shortage has hit 16 power generating plants affecting power generation at its highest point to drop to 3,675 megawatts.Also
the drop in power supply...
NERC Did Not Direct De-Commissioning Of Metres By DisCos
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC says it
has not directed the de-commissioning of metres by the Electricity Distribution
Companies of Nigeria, DisCos.NERC’s General Manager, Public...
Electricity: TCN Restores Supply After System Collapse
The
Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN says the national grid has been fully
restored after the system collapse, which occurred on Thursday. The
collapse occurred while the grid...
