Tag: Electricity
SSANU, NASU Begin Strike Today, Ground Varsities
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have begun a nationwide strike over what they described as unfair [more…]
Cubans Stage Rare Protests Demanding Electricity, Food
Cubans staged rare street protests Sunday over food and electricity shortages as the country suffered long outages that left parts of the island without power [more…]
Electricity: Minister laments blackout despite 65% subsidy, warns Discos
Power distributors that reject electricity allocated to them by the Transmission Company of Nigeria shall be dealt with severely going forward, the Federal Government declared [more…]
JUST IN: Senate urges FG to stop planned removal of electricity subsidy
The Senate on Wednesday, February 21, urged the federal government not to remove electricity subsidy given the present hardship in the country. [more…]
Tinubu Orders Payment Of Aso Rock’s Electricity Bill To Avoid Disconnection
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the payment of Aso Rock’s electricity bill to avoid disconnection in the nation’s seat of power. In an [more…]
ELECTRICITY: Abuja Disco To Disconnect Barracks, 84 MDAs Over N47.1bn Debt
The Abuja Electricity Distribution PLC has threatened to disconnect the electricity supply of 86 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over a total debt of N47.1bn. [more…]
Technical glitch threw 14 Ogun communities into darkness – IBEDC
No fewer than 14 communities in Ogun State are currently experiencing power outages, which Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, has attributed to technical faults in [more…]
ELECTRICITY: FG warns Discos ; Customers tired of estimated billing,
Electricity consumers do not want to pay on the basis of estimated bills, rather they want to pay for what they consume and should be [more…]