Rising cost of living crisis: Kaduna DisCo announces 10% increment for Staff
Oredola Adeola The new management of Kaduna Electric has approved 10 percent staff's salary increase across all categories, effective this February 2024, as part of efforts to improve overall…
REVEALED: How powerful individuals misled Buhari to approve $10m risk guarantee for Calabar IPP at citizens’ detriment
Oredola Adeola Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari was misled by high-ranking individuals to approve a US$10 million partial risk guarantee (PRG) for the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) to…
Urgent appeal to President Tinubu, Oborevwori: Ubeji community in dire need of relief from devastating gas flaring
Oped by Jerome-Mario Utomi The harrowing reality of Ubeji Community serves as a poignant reminder of the human cost associated with industrial practices such as gas flaring. It is incumbent…
Massive fireball engulfs 18 shops in Iju-Ishaga, after gas cylinder explosion
Oredola Adeola A fire explosion, triggered by a faulty head cap of a Liquified Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) cylinder, engulfed eighteen (18) shops at Agbado Road, Toyin Bus stop,…
Engr. Komolafe identifies mix of traditional hydrocarbon, hydrogen, others as drivers of sustainable energy future
Oredola Adeola Engr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, has hinted that the country's potential in traditional hydrocarbon resources, green and blue hydrogen,…
Sweltering heat, poor power supply: Calls grow for removal of Adelabu
Oredola Adeola Amidst sweltering temperature and irregular power supply, there is a growing public demand in Nigeria for the dismissal of Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power,…
Tinubu’s Presidential Metering Initiative considers bulk procurement of smart prepaid meters
Oredola Adeola The President Bola Tinubu's through the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI) is making move to embark on bulk procurement of smart meters, the development of indigenous Meter Data…
YEDC, NERC launch Yobe forum office, target prompt resolution of complaints
Oredola Adeola The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) have launched Yobe Customers Forum Office in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, with a…
Arbitrary billing: FCCPC backs NERC N10.5bn fine on DisCos
Oredola Adeola The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has thrown its support behind the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for imposing a N10.5 billion fine on…
Electricity Act (Amendment) 2024: GenCos to set aside 5% for host community development
Oredola Adeola The Electricity Act (Amendment), 2024, mandating 5 percent of the actual annual operating expenditures of electricity generation companies (GENCOs) from the preceding year be allocated for the…
