electricity

Off-grid power supply: Ekiti Govt licenses 3 DisCos, 4 GenCos

In a pragmatic move to pull Ekiti State out of the failing national grid, the government has issued licenses to three electricity distribution...

Weeks of electricity disruption in the North: Power Minister briefs Tinubu, mulls temporary solution

The Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, has briefed President Bola Tinubu on the current electricity disruption in 17 states in Northern Nigeria....

FG to enact new national electricity policy in September

The Federal Government is set to approve a new National Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan (NEPSIP) in September. NEPSIP, which is currently...

Reverse hike in electricity tariff now or face litigation, SERAP tells Pres. Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to intervene in the furtive raise of electricity tariff in December 2022 by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...

Power outage: Rights groups join call for revocation of 11 DisCos’ licences as PENGASSAN, electricity workers insist

For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government has been urged to revoke the licences of the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in the...

Nigeria’s power sector privatization: Electricity workers call owners of power coys ‘hustlers, hawks’, demand reversal

Unimpressed with the performance of the electricity distribution companies and others following the privatization of the power sector in about 12 years ago,...

N11trn down the drain: Buhari asked to probe nation’s power sector fraud

For his alleged failure to probe the utilization of the N11 trillion for power in the country since 1999, President Muhammadu Buhari has...

KEDCO, Konexa sign MoU for $100m renewable energy for 30, 000 electricity consumers in Kano

KEDCO, Konexa sign MoU for $100m renewable energy for 30, 000 electricity consumers in Kano

  $90m Kaduna project ready before end of 2021 Driven by the need to provide electricity for at least 30, 000 houses in...

Exposed! How generator dealers, manufacturers rip-off Nigerians

  By Boye Ajayi with additional reports from Ayodele Akinsola   With almost half of Nigeria’s population perpetually in darkness as a result...

How Over N11 Trillion For Electricity was Squandered Under OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the next several years, you, your parents, your children and perhaps your great, grandchildren will be paying back over N11 trillion wasted...