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The Federal Government, on Sunday, said the electricity meter upgrade process to be implemented by power distribution companies would not affect the credit units balance in the meters. It disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by the Nigerian ...

Electricity consumers nation-wide are faced with possible dilemma and risk of not being able to energise their pre-paid meters after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) alerted on software expiration by November 2024. Though NERC said the pre-paid meters software ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday said that despite the nation’s current rate of energy supply, his administration was poised to address all the obstacles against stable electricity supply in the country. He said his administration would bring solutions to the ...

In a move to position Nigeria as a frontrunner in vehicle electrification, the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has joined forces with major automotive industry players to hold a validation workshop on the draft National Action Plan for ...

The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has admitted Kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba and Gombe States as members of the  Commission. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Abubakar Yelwa, disclosed this at the opening of a 5-day capacity ...

Calls for auditing and legal action taken against defaulting electricity metre manufacturing firms in the country resonated yesterday as stakeholders queried the bid for a $155 million World Bank loan to import metres as the Federal Government continues in its ...

President African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has called for an industrial revolution and manufacturing digitalisation. The AfDB boss also   raised concerns over the epileptic power supply in Nigeria, which he said, had caused the nation’s manufacturing sector to ...

The federal government has been advised to reverse the proposed use of $155 million World Bank loan for importation of meters in order not to jeopardise its local production and worsen the unemployment rate in the country. The Association of ...

Nigeria’s industrialisation quest has largely failed at the feet of poor power supply over the decades. For a country with a population of over 200 million, the electricity sector boasts of just about 13,000 megawatts of installed generating capacity but ...

The managing director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Engr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, has called for adoption of solar energy, describing it as the most viable solution to mitigate the impacts of the recent removal of petrol. During the inspection ...