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Economy National

Petrol, electricity subsidies benefit only wealthy households – W’Bank asserts

Agency1 November 22, 2022 0 Comment

The World Bank has said that subsidies benefit only rich households and reduce government spending on poor Nigerians. This was contained in a statement on the bank’s website announcing the launch of the new...

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Extra

Breaking: Electricity workers suspend one-day strike for two weeks

Akanji Philip August 17, 2022 0 Comment

The Nigerian electricity workers under the umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies have agreed to suspend the industrial action embarked upon on Wednesday...

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National

Message To DisCos: Why Nigerians Should Not Bear The Cost Of Electricity Provision

VAM News April 25, 2022 0 Comment

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said certain costs of providing electricity in Nigeria shouldn’t not be borne by the citizens In a statement on Sunday, the agency made clarifications concerning...

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National

Edo offers striking example of how Nigeria can fix electricity problem – Obaseki

VAM News March 23, 2022 0 Comment

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says the federal government can learn from the state on how to fix the problem of power supply in the country. The Edo governor spoke on Tuesday at the...

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National

House tackles Minister of power — says ‘Nigerians want electricity, not explanations’

VAM News March 23, 2022 0 Comment

Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday tackled Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, over the electricity situation in the country. Aliyu had appeared at an interactive session organised by the committee on...

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National

Electricity: Nationwide Blackout Will Continue – Says TCN (See Why)

VAM News March 9, 2022 0 Comment

The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to notify consumers of electricity that the current load shedding being experienced nationwide is as a result of very low power generation by the Generation Companies (GENCOs) for...

National -3 Minutes

Nigerians To Pay More For Electricity As NERC Jerks Up Price Of Single Phase Meter

Olorungbotemi November 12, 2021 0 Comment

From Monday, Nigerians will pay N13,766 and N26,829 more to get the 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) to provide them with single phase and three-phase meters, according to an order approving this by the...

Local News -4 Minutes

Why Nigeria sells electricity to neighbouring countries, NBET explains

Olorungbotemi November 3, 2021 0 Comment

The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) says the country sells electricity to neighbouring countries for strategic reasons. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, managing director, NBET, spoke on Tuesday when he appeared before the house of...

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National

Labour Reacts As FG Plans To Hike Electricity, Petrol

VAM News August 31, 2021 0 Comment

The organised labour has urged the Federal Government to refrain from any plan to increase the price of electricity or petrol to avert crisis in the economy. Mr Babatunde Olatunji,...

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National

BREAKING: Nationwide Blackout Looms, As Electricity Workers Threaten To Commence Strike

VAM News July 6, 2021 0 Comment

A nationwide blackout is imminent as electricity workers, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have vowed to down tool if the demand by the organised labour against plan...