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Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Plateau State and the Trade Union Congress blocked the Jos Electricity Distribution Company headquarters in Jos on Monday. The union members also picketed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission offices at the Gold and Base axis in Jos, leaving […]

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, expressed his support for the planned protest at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters and offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies across the country on Monday over the increase in electricity tariff. The Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, had […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the System Operator, a department within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to cap power supply to cross-border customers in Benin Republic, Niger, and Togo. The directive, outlined in a document titled “Interim Order on Transmission System Dispatch Operations, Cross-border Supply, and Related Matters,” will be in effect for […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has restructured the Transmission Company of Nigeria by creating the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited. This change was made public in a directive signed by the Chairman of the commission, Mr Sanusi Garba, and Vice Chairman, Mr Muslim Oseni, in Abuja on Saturday. This is happening nearly four years […]

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc has implemented the new price of N225 per kilowatt-hour for all customer categories within its areas, going against the directive that only high-power consumers in Band A should be charged the new rate. As a result, AEDC was fined N200m by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission for disobeying the directive.

The spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has said that the Senate would not abandon Nigerians to their fate over the recent hike in electricity tariff. He also noted that the Red Chamber, upon resumption from its recess, would decide on the over 300% increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. […]