By Pounah Dennis Ese- Odo Local Government Area is located at the coastal area of Ondo State in the Niger Delta Region with the Headquarters at Igbekebo. The Local Council area was created in 1996 by the then military government. It comprises the Arogbo Ijaws and the Ijaw Apois who […]
Power/ Energy
Residents of Omotosho in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State have protested against the failure of the management of Omotosho power to provide electricity for them in the last twelve years. Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the aggrieved protesters also took their protest to Weewood Industrial Limited over […]
The AKASOLERI community in Ikorodu Lagos State has aired the nightmare of constant light out they have suffered at the hands of Ikeja Electric. Contrary to expectation, the Ikeja Electric company has neglected to provide electricity to certain communities within their jurisdiction without any fault on the side of these […]
By Kunle Adedoyin The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-member allies have agreed to cut members’ crude oil production by about 300,000 barrels per day to 9.7 million barrels per day. This decision was announced at the end of an emergency meeting held online on Sunday. Based […]
By Kunle Adedoyin Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria have promised to supply electricity to their consumers free of charge for two months as part of their contributions to ameliorate the impact of the coronavirus in the country. Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association, Nigerian […]
By Kunle Adedoyin Ikeja Electric (IE) has announced the increase in its tariff by 50 percent from April 1. This is contained in a memo on the company’s performance improvement plan and application for extraordinary tariff review of MYTO submitted to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Ikeja Electric said […]
By Danladi Al-Hassan The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has asked customers to report any distribution company (DisCo) that forces them to buy electricity equipment. Usman Abba-Arabi, NERC’S General Manager , Public Affairs, who in a statement accused the DisCos of forcing customers to pay for the equipment as a […]
By Andy Chukwu The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that the national grid had been fully restored after the system collapse which occurred at 4.15pm on Thursday. Ndidi Mba, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs,explained that the collapse occurred while the grid was recovering from an earlier partial system […]
By Andy Chukwu The House of Representatives Committee on Power has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the planned increase in electricity tariff. Aliyu Magaji, the Committee Chairman, at its meeting on Tuesday, asked NERC to issue a directive suspending the upward review pending proper consultations on […]
By Kunle Adedoyin The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that no electricity tariff increase has been approved by the commission yet. Mr Usman Arabi, General Manager, Public Affairs (NERC), in a statement issued on the agency’s website, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on […]
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