In Nigeria, few issues stir as much raw emotion as the price and quality of electricity. Everywhere across the length and breadth of the country electricity supply is unstable. Over the years, successive governments have insisted that Nigerians are underpaying for electricity. The solution? Increase the tariff under the guise of reflective pricing. Yet, month after month, citizens grope in …

Several areas in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have been thrown into darkness for days. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), confirmed this in three separate outage statements released on its X handle on Thursday and Friday. The disco blamed the blackout on technical fault affecting the feeders serving the concerned locations. ‘We regret to inform you that the …

Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu has unveiled an urgent 10-year rescue plan to revive the manpower shortage in the electricity sector, mandating the training of not less than 1,200 electrical engineers within the next decade and prioritizing local contractors under a strict ‘Nigeria First’ procurement policy. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the management retreat of the Ministry of Power …

President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with the leadership of Nigeria’s power-generating companies as part of an emergency effort to address the N4 trillion debt threatening to cripple the country’s electricity supply chain. The move follows a high-level meeting on Tuesday between the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and chairmen of GenCos in Abuja, amid mounting fears of a …

Governors yesterday resolved to scrutinise a proposal intended to encourage more private sector participation in the electricity sector. The resolution was taken at a meeting by the governors’ umbrella body – Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja. It was contained in a communiqué by NGF Chairman/Kwara State Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulkRahman and read by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma. The communiqué …

Tragedy struck the University of Ilesa, Osun State, on Friday as a 100-level student, Gbolahan Ojolo, reportedly died from electrocution, allegedly triggered by a lightning strike in his hall of residence. Ojolo, a student of the Department of Business Administration, was said to have been playing a game on his mobile phone while it was charging when the lightning struck …

Two masquerades led youths in Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to protest over alleged outrageous billing and sudden movement of the community’s electricity billing regime from Band C to Band A. The protesters, on Friday, were seen gathered at Bareke Roundabout in the metropolis, carrying placards with various inscriptions amidst dancing and singing of war songs. …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has sanctioned eight power distribution companies (DisCos) for noncompliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. A statement yesterday, NERC indicated that the affected DisCos are Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, and Yola. NERC said the companies overbilled customers in violation of energy caps set by the regulator for the …

A newly surfaced CCTV video has captured the moment military officers stormed the Ikeja Electric office, forcefully entering the premises and assaulting staff members. The footage, which went viral on X on Monday, shows armed officers kicking down doors and barging into offices. Shared by Arise TV journalist Oseni Rufai, the video show the officers, dressed in full military gear …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has refuted claims made by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) that TCN’s maintenance activities were responsible for power delivery issues experienced by BEDC customers. In a press statement on Saturday, TCN accused BEDC of disseminating inaccurate information and urged it to provide factual updates to its consumers. The dispute stems from a social …