Residents of Ebute-Metta in Lagos State on Sunday protested againstoutrageous estimated billing system by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). Reports it have that the residents trooped out into Apapa Road and moved to Oyingbo, at about 4.00 p.m., to show their discontent with the billing by the company. Led …
Read More »Power sector recovery back on track — FG
ABUJA—THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that the effort to improve power supply across the country was back on track, after about two months of challenges that led to the collapse of the national grid thrice within a month. The government said it expected the grid to deliver a minimum of …
Read More »Ogun community cries to Gov. Abiodun: Save us from darkness
Residents of Peace and Unity community in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have cried to Governor Dapo Abiodun to find a lasting solution to their lack of electricity supply. The residents lamented that the community, located around Benja, off Iyana Iyesi-Ota, have been in darkness for over 10 …
Read More »FG to raise power tariff in December
Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff. This came as the Federal Government said on Wednesday it had commenced the procurement of four million meters meant to be distributed free of charge to …
Read More »Yobe community protest against six months blackout
Residents of Nahuta Community in Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State have lamented six months of total blackout. Some of them, who spoke to newsmen on Tuesday, said the situation has paralysed business activities in the area and life has become unbearable within the period due to the power …
Read More »Electricity: Nigerian gas sales to Ghana, Benin, Togo hit $6.47m
The revenue generated from the sale of Nigerian gas to three neighbouring countries for electricity generation rose by 11.36 per cent to $6.47m last year from $5.81m in 2019, according to official data obtained by our correspondent. N-Gas Limited, a company owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Chevron and …
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