By Praise Oguntan The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government will continue to subsidise electricity for Nigerians, to guarantee stable and reliable supply. Adelabu said this at the Ministerial Press Briefing Series organised by the…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCPCC says unless electricity customers are metered by electricity distribution companies, DISCOS implementation of the new tariff hike will cause dissatisfaction. Adamu Abdullahi, the acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC disclosed this on…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has said it is unacceptable that the state was experiencing epileptic power supply. Governor Adeleke also said the situation is beginning to affect the local economy and businesses badly. The Governor made this known when…
The Nigerian government, through the Ministry of Information and National Orientation, has said that the Tinubu administration is sustaining electricity subsidy for 85 per cent of Nigerian consumers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said that this…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says it would have been insensitive for the Nigerian government to continue paying 100 per cent electricity subsidy. Adelabu disclosed this during a ministerial briefing in Abuja on Friday. The minister spoke against the…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) has issued an apology on wrong charges faced by some Band A customers who tried to recharge their meters following the new tariff regime. The Management of AEDC tendered the apology in a notice to…
…Cites increase in infrastructure investment as reason for hike in electricity tariff …Downgrades 300 feeders for failing to supply 20hrs of electricity …Mandates DisCos to migrate more customers to Band A The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stated that…
Some power experts have expressed their dissatisfaction with the 300 per cent increase in electricity tariffs approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, the experts…
The federal government has announced an increase in the wholesale price of gas to power plants by 11 per cent from $2.18 per MMBTU (Million British Thermal Unit) to $2.42 The gas companies had since January this year reduced supply…
The number of electricity consumers rose by 410,000 from 11.71 million in the third quarter of 2023 to 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Electricity Report for the fourth…
