President Donald Trump’s administration has dismantled the U.S. initiative “Power Africa,” aimed at increasing electricity supply across the African continent. This decision, reported by Bloomberg News on Wednesday, concludes more than a decade of efforts […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced an ambitious plan to ensure Nigerians receive 20 hours of daily electricity by 2027. This target, however, hinges on substantial investments in the country’s oil and gas sector, […]
Electricity has been successfully restored to Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Benue states under the Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) franchise, ending a 10-day power outage that disrupted daily life and business in the region. Power returned […]
Ikeja Electric (IE) has announced a tariff adjustment in compliance with an order from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The new tariff for Band A customers of Kaduna Electric has been revised from N206.80/kWh […]
The Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris, has provided forty units of transformers, for the benefit of the people of the different communities in the state, as well as the neighboring states of Sokoto and Zamfara. […]
Nigeria is going to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity before the end of this year, the Federal Government declared on Friday. Nigeria’s power generation currently hovers around 4,000 and 4,500MW for a population of about […]
Yobe State Police Command said it has arrested a 23-year-old suspect who specialised in vandalizing electricity power cables in Damaturu and its environs. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in […]
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have stormed several offices of electrical distribution firms to protest the Band A tariff hike. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to take decisive action to remove implicit fuel and electricity subsidies in Nigeria. In a recent report, the IMF […]
The Federal Government (FG) has reduced the electricity tariff for Band A customers. Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), had charged customers with a daily supply of a minimum of 20 hours to […]
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