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Nigeria Thrown Into Darkness As National Grid Collapses

Nigeria Thrown Into Darkness As National Grid Collapses

Nigeria was thrown into darkness yesterday following the collapse of the national electricity grid. Figures from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), indicate that power generation fell to zero megawatts, while electricity supply to all…

Why Nigeria Electricity Generation Dropped In August – NERC

Why Nigeria Electricity Generation Dropped In August – NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the average electricity available to the national grid dropped to 5,514 megawatts in August 2025, down from 5,577 MW recorded in July. According to its latest Fast…

NERC Sanctions Eight Discos N628m Over Estimated Billing Rules

NERC Sanctions Eight Discos N628m Over Estimated Billing Rules

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has sanctioned eight Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for failing to comply with monthly energy caps for unmetered customers between July and September 2024. The commission, in a statement issued…

Downgrade Band A Customers If Power Supply Promises Are Unmet – NERC

Downgrade Band A Customers If Power Supply Promises Are Unmet – NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has instructed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to downgrade customers in the Band A category if they fail to provide the mandated 20 hours of electricity supply. The Commissioner for…

International Consumers Owe Nigeria $14.19m For Power

International Consumers Owe Nigeria $14.19m For Power

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that four international customers has failed to make any payments for the $14.19m worth of electricity supplied to them in the first quarter of 2024. The defaulting…

Tariff Hike: Falana Backs Picketing Of NERC, DISCOs Offices

Tariff Hike: Falana Backs Picketing Of NERC, DISCOs Offices

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has thrown his support to the picketing of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) headquarters and offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies  (DISCOs)…

NLC, TUC Shut Down Ikeja, Ibadan DisCos Over Electricity Tariff Hike

NLC, TUC Shut Down Ikeja, Ibadan DisCos Over Electricity Tariff Hike

  Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) prevented workers from resuming work on Monday morning as they thronged various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest the Band…

JUST-IN: FG Announces Hike In Electricity Tariff

JUST-IN: FG Announces Hike In Electricity Tariff

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Power Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday announced the increment in the cost of power supply for consumers in the Band A category. The Vice Chairman of NERC, Musliu Oseni…

N110bn Debt: FG Moves To Sell Kaduna Electric

N110bn Debt: FG Moves To Sell Kaduna Electric

Following the assumption of Umar Abubakar Hashidu as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kaduna Electric on Mondy, there is news making rounds that the Federal Government is moving to sell the electric due…

NERC: FG Subsidised Electricity With Over N135bn In Q2, 2023

NERC: FG Subsidised Electricity With Over N135bn In Q2, 2023

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), on Wednesday, said that the Federal Government paid a total of N135.23 billion to subsidise electricity consumption in the second quarter of 2023. NERC who made this disclosure in…