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- 2 Jun 2026
African Electric Vehicle Platform Raises $215m to Scale Electric Mobility in Nigeria, Others
African electric vehicle (EV) platform Spiro has raised $215 million in equity to scale electric mobility and energy infrastructure across the continent. The funding is backed by institutional…
- 25 Nov 2013
Schneider Electric Inaugurate Technology to Produce Water, Electricity, Others
Schneider Electric, the market leader in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, inaugurated the Microsol project aims to develop a single, modular standard technology for…
- 7 Sept 2025
NASS to Scrap NERC’s Electricity Tariff Bands Amid Public Outcry
National Assembly (NASS) has commenced a review of the 2023 Electricity Act with strong indications that the electricity tariff categories introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…
- 28 Aug 2019
Ikeja Electric Launches E-Bills To Enhance Customer Experience
Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has introduced its electronic billing (e-billing) platform, which enables customers to receive electricity bills promptly…
- 15 Jul 2016
Discos Insist on New Electricity Tariff
Electricity distributors have rejected a Federal High Court ruling mandating the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to reverse the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariffs in the…
- 22 Apr 2024
NERC Cedes Regulatory Oversight of Enugu Electricity Market to State Government Agency
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ceded the regulatory oversight of the Enugu electricity market to the Enugu Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC), which is owned by the…
- 10 Sept 2021
Agusto & Co: The State of the Nigerian Electric Power Industry
As the Electric Power Industry (the Industry) announced yet another review of electric tariffs in January 2021, after much deliberation and delays, a key question that comes to mind is ‘will a rise…
- 15 Jun 2015
NERC Licenses 4 Firms to Generate 774 MW of Electricity
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued on-grid licences to four companies to generate 774 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The companies are to generate electricity from solar…
- 11 Sept 2016
4m Nigerians Without Digital Electricity Meter -NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that over four million electricity consumers are awaiting prepaid meters in the country. Dr. Anthony Aka, acting NERC chairman, made…
- 9 Feb 2025
NEMSA, NAICOM Sign Agreement to Boost Electrical Safety, Insurance
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Insurance Commission to enhance electrical safety compliance in residential, commercial,…
- 29 Oct 2019
Siemens, Volkswagen Launch First Africa Electric Car Pilot Project in Rwanda
Rwanda becomes the first African country to introduce Volkswagen electric car; Volkswagen and Siemens sign joint development agreement to conduct electric mobility feasibility project; Pilot Project…
- 12 Jun 2025
LASERC Takes Full Control of Electricity Regulation in Lagos
Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) has issued a new directive establishing a formal regulatory framework for electricity market operations within Lagos. With the release of Order…
- 11 May 2020
BEDC Asks Customers to Pay Bills, Says No Decision Yet on Free Electricity
Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has said the National Assembly proposed free electricity supply to Nigerians for two months to make life easier during the Coronavirus…
- 10 Jul 2012
How Diageo Electricity Project Empowers Businesses
Even as electricity generation in Nigeria reached estimated value of 3088.22 in the year 2011, acute shortage of electricity still remains source of headache for both businesses and ordinary people.…
- 3 Nov 2024
Hydro Electric Core Generator Bags Renewable Energy Innovation Challenge 2024
Hydro Electric Core Generator has emerged as the winner of the Renewable Energy Innovation Challenge 2024, earning accolades for its innovative approach to addressing Nigeria's pressing electricity…
- 15 Jan 2024
Electricity Subsidy Gulped N700bn in 2023 - Adelabu
Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power says the Federal government has so far spent N700 billion to subsidize electricity. According to Adelabu, the Federal Government still subsidises electricity…
- 27 May 2014
Nigerians Get New Electricity Tariffs
From June 1, some electricity consumers will pay far lesser than what they are currently paying for fixed charges and energy consumption. A few others, according to the Nigerian Electricity…
- 18 Aug 2024
MTN, others Get Permits to Generate Electricity
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation,…
- 16 Feb 2016
Senate Orders Minister, NERC to Suspend Electricity Tariff Hike
The senate has ordered the Ministry of Power led by Babatunde Fashola, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and electricity distribution companies immediately stand down of the…
- 13 Apr 2020
DisCos Ask Nigerians to Pay Their Bills, Say No Free Electricity Yet
Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has said it no plans yet to offer two months free electricity to customers as palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown. Also, Abuja…
- 6 Jun 2016
Ikeja Electric Identifies with Children in Selected Hospitals
Ikeja Electric, one of Nigeria’s biggest electricity distribution company, recently visited children across selected hospitals located within its network to mark the recent 2016 Children’s Day. The…
- 15 Jun 2016
Ikeja Electricity Launches Network Monitoring for Safety
To further strengthen its commitment towards ensuring the safety of lives and properties, Ikeja Electric, Nigeria’s biggest electricity distribution company, has launched its novel Network Safety…
- 23 Jul 2018
ANED Asks Fashola, Minister to Account for $4.1m Electricity Money
Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has accused Raji Fashola, minister of Power, Works and Housing of spending $5.6 million to generate 1megawatt of electricity instead of $1.5…
- 28 Apr 2017
Health: Ikeja Electric Fetes Bariga Community with Safety Nets
Ikeja Electric Plc, Nigeria’s largest electricity distribution company, has joined the global fight against malaria as it marked World Malaria Day with the donation of treated mosquito nets and…
- 5 Jan 2021
NERC Denies Increasing Electricity Tariff
The management of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said there is no 50 per cent increase in electricity tariff. This was made known by Mr Micheal Faloseyi, NERC’s Head of…
- 11 Oct 2018
Ikeja Electric Develops Mobile App For Customer Safety
A new mobile app that will help the prevention of customers and employees against electrical hazard, i-Safe has been unveiled by Ikeja Electric Plc. The application, developed in Nigeria by Ikeja…
- 21 Dec 2025
FCCPC Forces Ikeja Electric Into Compliance, Unseals Headquarters After Rights Breach
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has secured enforceable compliance from Ikeja Electric Plc, leading to the unsealing of the electricity distributor’s headquarters after…
- 9 Apr 2016
Ikeja Electric Cautions Against Cash Payments to Staff
As part of efforts to ensure efficient service delivery to its customers across its network, Nigeria’s largest electricity distribution company, Ikeja Electric has cautioned customers against making…
- 28 Aug 2013
Nigerians Pay Inefficient Price for Electricity
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has admitted that consumers are paying inefficient price for electricity but attributed the situation to the unavailability of power supply. Dr. Sam…
- 8 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Discos Gift Nigerians 2 Months Free Electricity
Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), the umbrella body of Electricity Distribution Companies, otherwise DISCOS, said, that they were in support of proposal by the National…