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YNaija November 29, 2024

Why Hausa community asked Sanwo-Olu to reverse okada ban | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Shops and vehicles destroyed as riot breaks out in Dei Dei marketShekarau explains why he left APC to join NNPPNERC moves to adjust electricity tariff Why Hausa community asked Sanwo-Olu…

Editor June 29, 2020

Discos say you can blame the NERC for the increase in your next light bill

Do you remember when it was announced earlier this year that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had approved permissions for the Disco's was going to increase light tariffs on…

Oludolapo Adelana December 8, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 8th of December

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Omoleye Omoruyi October 3, 2017

Bypass your metre and pay N450,000 fine | NERC tells electricity consumers

Electricity consumers who bypass their meters will be forced to pay up to N450,000 as fine, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said. Highlights (report by Punch): Financial sanctions…

Oludolapo Adelana April 21, 2017

President Buhari nominates Prof. James Momoh as NERC chairman

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Prof. James Momoh for the position of Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The President’s nominee to the Senate for…

Op-ed Editor February 15, 2017

Oluwafemi Adebule: Why Nigerians do not have light

by Oluwafemi Adebule Overview of The Nigerian Power Sector Today, Nigeria generates at best 5,200MW of power. In all honesty, that was during a peak in September 2016, and that…

Oludolapo Adelana October 27, 2016

NERC chairman-designate to attend Senate screening – Presidency

Prof. Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, who was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Chairmanship of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has debunked claims in the media that he rejected the offer.…

Oludolapo Adelana September 20, 2016

Buhari submits nominees for NCC, NERC to Senate for confirmation

The Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday read two correspondences from the President, Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of the appointment of members of the of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission…

Azeez July 15, 2016

NERC appeals court ruling on electricity tariff

Following the court ruling that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission should reverse the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff across the country, the commission has directed its lawyers to…

Adebayo Emuleomo July 14, 2016

Court stops increase in electricity tariff, orders reversal

In what a large part of the Nigerian populace would consider as cause for jubilation, a Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the increase in tariff by the…

Op-Ed Editor June 28, 2016

Uzoma Erondu: The fraud (or schadenfreude) called Estimated Billing (Y! Naira&Kobo)

John, a friend of mine moved into an apartment in a sub-urban area of Lagos in the early months of 2013, and it turned out to be one without an…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Senate Leader, Ali Ndume and Senator Oluremi Tinubu | YNaija.com

Op-Ed Editor June 9, 2016

Abang Dove: 12 important achievements of the Nigerian Senate in 12 months

by Abang Dove As the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari marked one-year in office on May 29, 2016, so is the Senate of the Federal…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 25, 2016

How residents of Araromi/Mende stood up to Ikeja DISCO

When push comes to shove, people show what they are truly made of. This perhaps, best fits the story of how the residents of Mende/Araromi community in Lagos state fought…

Mazi Emeka March 11, 2016

Y! Report: No fuel, no water, no electricity… Nigerians suffer severe hardship

As the endless snake-like queue for petrol continues to increase, reality is dawning on Nigerians that their country might just be one of the hardest places to live in the…

Adebayo Emuleomo March 1, 2016

Again, court orders NERC, DISCOs to ‘halt’ electricity tariff hike

A Federal High Court in Lagos has again ordered that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission be barred from hiking electricity tariff. The court, which sat on Monday, February 29 and was…

Kolapo Olapoju February 22, 2016

‘Nobody anywhere can suspend the new electricity tariff’

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has said the Nigerian Senate does not possess the constitutional authority to reverse the recently hiked electricity tariff. Former chairman of the commission, Dr…

Adebayo Emuleomo February 16, 2016

Senate orders ‘immediate suspension’ of new electricity tariff

The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to put an end to the increase in electricity tariff which was effected on February 1. The increase, which is estimated…

Adebayo Emuleomo February 8, 2016

Workers storm electricity companies to protest new tariff (PHOTOS)

The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress have mobilised workers to protest against the increased electricity tariff in the country. The NLC had on different occasions called on…

Adebayo Emuleomo December 21, 2015

Nigerian’s will pay more for electricity as NERC scraps fixed rates

Nigerians have been given an early Christmas gift by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has it has removed fixed charges for all classes of electricity consumers. The commission announced this while…

Emmanuel Chidiogo March 24, 2015

Opinion: Dear Pres. Jonathan, forget the apologies, we need electricity

by Eze Onyekpere What more will the government, NERC and the captains of the electricity industry request of Nigerians? Reforms and improvements in the electricity industry are so fundamental to…

Kolapo Olapoju March 18, 2015

10 things you should know about the 50% reduction of electricity tarrif

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Federal Government has announced reduction of electricity tariff by over 50 per cent in some places in the country. The Chairman of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr.…

Isime Esene November 19, 2014

Electricity consumers in Abuja get 400,000 prepayment meters

by James Sambo Neil Croucher, the Managing Director of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Tuesday said the company has provided prepayment meters for 404,000 electricity consumers since it began…

YEditor September 22, 2014

Inadequate investment hurting power sector, say experts

by Godwin Akanfe Taiwo Okeowo, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Division, FBN Capital has said that continuous under-investment has plagued the Nigerian power sector for almost three…

July 15, 2014

Chinedu Ekeke: This darkness we are shiaring – but isn’t it time to discuss gas?

by Chinedu Ekeke It is doubtful that an institution as big as the Nigerian government will push for a electricity regulatory laws aimed at clearing the way for private…

June 5, 2014

Opinion: What you should know about Nigeria’s new electricity tariff

by Adeola Balogun What we do want is an improvement in the supply of electricity in our homes. For now, the NERC has to continually maintain the balance in keeping…

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