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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | FG Alerts Nigerians Ahead of Electricity Tariff Hike

FG alerts Nigerians ahead of electricity tariff hike NCDC tightens security around airport as Uganda suffers Ebola outbreak Marketers fear losses as news of Dangote Refinery slashes price Naira appreciates…

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Lagos govt orders LCC to halt proposed toll gate tariff hike

The Lagos State Government has directed Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to halt the proposed tariff hike on Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. The Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, disclosed this…

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How Jonathan reversed electricity tariff to get votes – Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said former President Goodluck Jonathan reversed electricity tariff to get votes. Fashola said this on Thursday while speaking at a public…

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FG has not increased tariff on luxury goods – ministry

The Federal Ministry of Finance has said it has not increased import duties on luxury items and food items. In a statement issued by the Director of Information, Salisu Dambatta…

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“NCC should be reducing tariffs, not increasing it” – Murray-Bruce

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce says the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ought to be reducing tariffs and not increasing it. The "Common sense" senator, who stated this on Wednesday in his Facebook…

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Despite fuel price hike, FG will increase electricity tariff by…

There will be no going back on the plan to increase electricity tariff by over 45 percent, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed. The Minister…

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‘No resolution’ between Ikeja DISCO and residents of Araromi/Mende

Residents of Mende/Araromi area of Lagos, unable to stomach their incessant exorbitant electricity bills, engaged, confronted and protested against the Ikeja Electricity Distribution (Ikeja DISCO) Company. The residents complained that they barely get…

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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…

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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…

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Your prayers have been answered… Dstv will not increase subscription fees anymore

by Chinwe Okafor Multichoice threw their users into a frenzy when in March, it announced a 20 per cent price increase for all its satellite pay TV bouquets in Nigeria…

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Frank Onuoha: High electricity tariff – A reflection on the UN query

by Frank Onuoha Months after, the much touted “thousands of jobs” and “mini-power” projects that will generate the miracle mega watts are still illusory. The United Nations is demanding that…

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Opinion: Electricity tariff – What the NERC must do to inspire investors’ confidence

by Abdul Mahmud   There is some connection between the health of the economy and the smooth functioning of the lives of citizens that the economics of electricity sadly highlights.…

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Opinion: The electricity revolution is here

by Emmanuel Onwubiko Even the most hardened opponent of this government will agree that NERC has started a radical revolution that is unprecedented in the political annals of this country.…

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