Electricity

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said that the country's economy can no longer afford to maintain electricity subsidies. He advised Nigerians to prepare for the introduction of tariffs that reflect the true costs of electricity.…

By Christian ABURIME After twenty-one years of being without electricity, students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus are set to start enjoying power supply, courtesy of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo.…

The Pharmaceutical manufacturers has recorded eight per cent losses due to the Federal Government’s delay in implementing its zero-Value Added Tax policy designed to ease the cost of pharmaceutical raw material imports. The…

...Grants agency’s request to partner NEC on rural electrification project Vice President @KashimSM has implored the Rural Electrification Agency (@TheREANigeria) to double efforts in the bid to accelerate Nigeria’s journey…

The house of representatives has again directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to revert to the old electricity tariff for Band A. The resolution was passed on Tuesday following the adoption of…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one…

The Federal Government has appealed to members of the National Union of Electricity Employees not to down tools over the recent electricity tariff hike. This is as the union insisted that they would withdraw their services…

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has appealed to its customers to disregard planned tariff increase as approval for such increment had not been received. AEDC management  made the appeal in a statement on Monday in…

The total amount of revenue generated by electricity distribution companies rose by 20.81 per cent despite a drop of 1.74 per cent in supply, according to the new Electricity Report for the first quarter of 2023 by the National Bureau of…

Information has revealed that, millions of electricity consumers may be plunged into darkness in the coming weeks as the Federal Government through the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have began a massive…