Tag: Electricity

The Nigerian Government, yesterday, said it expects the renewable energy sector to contribute about 9,000 Megawatts of power supply to ...

By Seyi Babalola The Lagos State Electricity Bill 2024, which is now before the state House of Assembly, aims to put an end to the state's blackouts. Biodun Ogunlewe, the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, made the guarantee at a one-day public hearing on the bill at the assembly complex on Wednesday. According to NAN, the Bill for a Law to Repeal the Lagos State Power Sector Reform Law 2018 establishes and governs the Lagos energy market, among other things. On March 17, 2023, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law a constitutional amendment ...

By Seyi Babalola Defending the recent increase in electricity tariffs, which has sparked outrage and opposition from Nigerians, Minister of ...

By Seyi Babalola As the impasse between the Nigeria labor Congress and the Federal Government over the proposed minimum wage ...

Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has served authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) a disconnection notice ...

The Nigerian Government has reduced the electricity tariff for Band A customers. Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), ...

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc,EEDC, notified its customers on Monday of a major system failure, resulting in a blackout in the Southeast. According to a statement published by EEDC's Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Eze, the event occurred at 2 a.m. Monday. However, the firm told inhabitants of the region that measures are underway to restore normalcy as quickly as possible. The statement reads, “This resulted in the loss of supply to all our interface TCN stations. Consequently, ...

By Seyi Babalola Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration cannot fix the five decades of ...

By Seyi Babalola Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has claimed that the electricity tariffs that were recently increased, will reduce ...

By Seyi Babalola Following the approval of a 250 percent increase in electricity tariffs by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ...