Category: Electricity

FG secures ₦700bn to install 1.1m electricity meters

The Federal Government has obtained about ₦700 billion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee to...

Ogun residents protest as IBEDC reject community-funded ₦11m transformer

Residents of Ireakari community in Ilisan Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, held...

ALSCON power plant to inject 540MW into national grid — Minister

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has pledged to restore the power plant at...

ICYMI: Enugu residents face 10-day blackout over TCN rehabilitation

MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited has announced scheduled power outages across Enugu metropolis from Wednesday, October...

FG finalizes ₦4trn bond to settle GenCos debts

The Federal Government has finalized the implementation frameworks for a massive ₦4 trillion government-backed bonds...

NERC approves ₦28bn for second phase of meter distribution

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the release of ₦28 billion to electricity distribution...

NERC probes DisCos after 38 deaths, 19 injuries in Q2 incidents

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into all electricity distribution companies after...

Soludo inaugurates commission to regulate Anambra electricity

Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has inaugurated a five-member Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, in...

REA targets 17.5m Nigerians with new electricity programmes

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has said that the agency...

FG to kick out poorly perfoming DisCos – Power minister

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Monday declared that the Federal Government will...

GenCos alarmed over exclusion from N4tn debt reconciliation

The Association of Power Generation Companies has expressed concern over their exclusion from the Federal...

Nigeria@65: Experts urge FG to resolve electricity liquidity crisis

As Nigeria marks 65 years of independence, stakeholders in the power sector have voiced concerns...