The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has said that power distribution companies in the country must fully automate their commercial system operations in the sector. According...
The Power generation companies (Gencos) have blamed electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for the current low power supply to Nigerians....
The nation’s biggest power station, Egbin, and one of the three hydropower plants, Shiroro, have recorded significant declines in their output. Six of the nation’s 27...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has lamented poor remittances by electricity distribution companies to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) for the energy sold...
The Nigerian Government has said distribution companies in the country have failed to meet the performance agreements signed by them during the privatisation of the power...
The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Usman Gur Mohammed, has said that the failure of Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to invest in the...
A report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the over N60 billion revenue shortfall in the books of power distributors is slowing down...
Total electricity generation in the country has remained below 4,000 megawatts in recent months as low load demand by distribution companies tops the list of factors...
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that everyone responsible for the failure of the defunct Skye Bank will be prosecuted. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed,...
The anti-graft agencies – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) – as well as the Federal...
The electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) have kicked against the Federal Government’s choice to engage the Transmission Company of Nigeria...
Contrary to the position of the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, on meter supply, the Federal Government has...
Power generation in Nigeria dropped by 777.8 megawatts on Monday, the latest data from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has shown. The plunge in...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has blamed electricity distribution companies for the poor state of power in the country. The minister,...
The controversy surrounding the power sector in the country on Tuesday took a new dimension as investors in the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) threatened to quit...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has decried the frequent increase in electricity tariff without significant improvement in power supply in the country....
The Electricity Distribution Companies in the country said the problem of epileptic power supply in the country may not end in the next five years if...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has hit back heavily on the Association of Electricity Distributors (ANED), describing it as an interloper. The...
The seeming suspicious mode of relationship between the federal government and electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria’s power sector on Friday got a little more scrappier...
The 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria on Tuesday said the claims by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on the status...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the problem facing the nation’s electricity sector has changed from unavailability of power for distribution to...
The lower chamber of the National Assembly has begun an investigation into allegations by electricity consumers in the country over excessive charges being levied by power...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday suspended the board of directors and other management staff of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over failure of...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN. The suit filed by the group...
The Federal Government on Monday said it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37 billion to...
Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (EMMAN) has advised the Federal Government to break the monopoly of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the sale of meters...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday kicked against the move by the House of Representatives to criminalise estimated billing by...
As Nigerians continue to cry out over the non-availability of pre-paid meters, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it has given approval to 22 firms...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP), which got burnt by fire, disrupting power supply, has been fixed. Ndu Ughamadu, spokesman of...
The association of Nigerian Electricity Distribution (ANED) has explained why it’s members, the distribution companoes (DisCos), reject load as being alleged in some quarters. The spokesman...
The Federal Government Thursday hinted at a planned major review of the privatization done in the power sector soon, stating that it was to engender greater...
Following its verification of the total debt claim of N67.41bn owed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) by government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Federal Government Wednesday...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Saturday said the challenge of irregular power supply in Nigeria was likely to persist until Distribution Companies (DisCos) could effectively collect tariffs...
A firm, Chibek Instruments Limited, has urged the government and other stakeholders in the nation’s Power sector to explore cost-reflective tariffs to get regular power supply....
The electricity distribution companies have blamed the Federal Government for their rejection of loads allocated to them, a situation that is worsening the poor power supply...
Amidst protests and threats, the power distribution companies in Nigeria (DISCOs) have insisted that a nation-wide mass disconnection of high-debt electricity consumers must take effect on...
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has hinted at the Federal Government’s plan to further liberalize the power sector to allow for massive investments such that the sector...
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to monitor access to a $100 million loan facility from France to the power sector....
Until electricity consumers settle an outstanding N80.6 billion debts owed the 11 power distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria, there may be no end to irregular power...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to stop grumbling and blaming infrastructure for their failures to render...
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged all stakeholders in power sector to ensure total compliance to all conditions in their...
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) have not been paid for their services by the Nigeria Electricity Bulk Trader in the last three months. A source in the...
The federal government has indicated it’s readiness to pay about N59.3 billion debts owed by its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs)...
The power distribution companies may have carried out their threat to embark on massive disconnection of all government ministries, agencies and department owing them electricity bill....
Assailed by grieving Nigerians, Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has offered six excuses for the lingering power outage experienced by homes and industries....
There are strong indications that the federal government is considering granting further tax holiday to investors in the power sector in its bid to help stimulate...
A fresh round of workers’ sack is imminent in the power sector as efforts to mitigate crises in the nation’s electricity sector face difficulties. Minister of...
A new crisis that may further worsen electricity supply in Nigeria is brewing, with a faceoff between the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and service providers....
Unless the Federal Government intervenes in good time, the power sector may finally grind to a total halt, resulting from inability of the various power generating...
The relative improvement of power supply in Nigeria in the past one month may soon be hampered if the federal government fails to assist the power distribution companies (Discos) to pay$325 million and $1.25 billion debts they owe local and foreign institutions respectively. Most of the loans were secured to...
