Man’s three basic needs or necessities are generally given as food (including water), clothing, and shelter. Food (including water) is needed to keep body and soul together and give us the energy required for our daily activities. Apart from air, food (including water) is the most basic – and important – of man’s needs. Water appears more indispensable to the …

The Federal Government said it would start subsidising electricity in universities and health institutions under Band A feeders. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this on Saturday when he appeared on a programme aired by different radio stations in Ibadan, Oyo State. Adelabu said the government would not subsidise private businesses operating in these universities and hospitals. After …

To be sure, Nigeria’s power supply crisis is a multi-decade, multi-faceted challenge, defying even some of the country’s most respected public figures who were picked in the past to oversee the sector. A deputy minister who once headed the ministry said in 2012 that Nigerians must resolve to exorcise the ‘evil spirit’ preventing the country from making headway in its …

The Federal Government paid about N205 billion as electricity subsidy in the third quarter of last year, according to data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), latest report. The commission’s third quarterly market report revealed that the government incurred a subsidy obligation of about N205 billion in 2023/Q3 (average of N68 billion per month), which is an increase …

More customers within the Eko Electricity Distribution Company’s (EKEDC) franchise area are set to experience and enjoy a guaranteed minimum of 20 hours of power supply daily in line with the newly approved Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approves the upgrade of 33 additional feeders to Band A. This was disclosed in a statement …

Geregu Power Plc, the first listed power company on the Nigerian Exchange Group, has generated N50.4 billion in revenue from electricity sales and capacity charges to Nigerians in the first quarter of 2024. This represents a significant increase of 225 per cent compared to the N14.2 billion earned in the first quarter of 2023. Geregu Power recorded a profit before …

The African Development Bank (AfDB), has secured funding support of $110,000 from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), for Ekiti State to facilitate the development of the State Electricity Priority Plan (SEPP). The Ekiti State Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof. Bolaji Aluko who made this known in Ado Ekiti stated that the approved funding followed the state …

Decades back, in those giddy days of military rule, David Mark, one of the top military brass, was reported as saying that telephones are not for the poor. Mark was the Minister of Communications whose duty was to make telephones available , accessible and affordable for all. He failed and to mask his failure, he blurted out the embarrassingly outrageous …

I don’t know how it is in your part of town. But it’s been a nightmare in mine, a supposedly middle-class residential area in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital. Rolling blackouts do not begin to explain the depth of the misery. It’s been a dreadful time of rolling and erratic blackouts. Like surfing an angry wave, if you understand what I …

The Federal Government has paid $120 million out of $1.3 billion owed to gas firms for the supply of gas for the running of power plants in Nigeria. This was disclosed in Abuja, on Thursday, during the 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024), by the Director, Decade of Gas Secretariat Ed Ubong. He said the payment was to offset part of …