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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 3 Sept 2014
NERC, EMS Differ over Certification of Power Sector
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electric Management Services Limited are heading to a battle for supremacy over who has the final authority and mandate to do other technical…
- 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…
- 7 Nov 2025
Senate Denies $10m Bribe to Obstruct Confirmation of NERC Nominee
The Senate on Friday night halted the confirmation of Mr Abdullah Garba Ramat, as chief executive, Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC), following allegations that the leadership of the…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 12 Dec 2021
NCA2003 Empowers NCC to Develop e-Waste Regulation Says Danbatta
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has powers under Section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA2003) to develop an E-waste Regulation for the telecommunications sector in the…
- 9 Dec 2021
NCC Shines @2021 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue, Bags Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has bagged the 2021 ITREALMS Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award. From left: Publisher/Editor Newsmart, Ms. Rose Moses; President, Guild of Corporate Online…
- 11 Nov 2025
Electricity Subscribers in Nigeria Climb to Nearly 12 Million
The total number of active electricity customers nationwide increased from 11.89 million in July to 11.96 million in August 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).…
- 24 Apr 2022
Don’t Fix Transformers for DISCOs, FCCPC Tells Consumers
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said electricity consumers are not responsible “to purchase, replace or repair transformers, poles or other associated equipment…
- 15 Dec 2019
NCC to Strengthen Media Collaboration
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commended the Nigerian media for their role in adequately and accurately educating the Nigerian public about the Commission’s ‘2017 Year of the Consumer’…
- 30 Mar 2021
NCC Directors, Wakil, Asaju Bag NIEEE Fellowship
Two directors of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Bako Wakil and Olwatoyin Asaju have been conferred with the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers…
- 24 Nov 2008
NIEEE Nominates Ndukwe for DEEEAL Lecture
The Nigerian Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) has nominated Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, to deliver the 2008…
- 6 Jul 2022
Asaju, Spectrum Expert, Bows Out of NCC with Accolades
Engr. Oluwatoyin Asaju, former Director of Spectrum Administration Department of the Nigerian Communications Commission, who turned 60 recently, has bowed out of the regulatory body, after 17 years…
- 11 Dec 2023
NCC leads stakeholders to 2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue
Telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is leading the industry in mopping up support for the 2023 edition of the ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue scheduled at the…
- 26 Jul 2010
NTC to Regulate Transport Modes
Ms Bolanle Onagoruwa, acting director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has explained that the proposed National Transport Commission (NTC), is envisaged to be the economic…
- 15 Feb 2022
NIEEE Applauds NCC for Blazing the Trail on 5G Deployment in Africa
The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) has given the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) a pat on the back for setting the pace of 5G deployment…
- 24 Jan 2014
Power Supply Worsened During Privatisation Process
Power poll results released by NOIPolls Limited for the Fourth Quarter of 2013 have revealed that although power supply to households worsened in the fourth quarter, nevertheless majority of…
- 20 Sept 2022
PPC Backs Local Production of Smart Meters, Electricity Access
PPC Limited, Nigeria’s leading engineering and infrastructure development company, is supporting the local production of smart meters through the supply of accessories in the drive to ensure…
- 25 Apr 2017
Gencos Accuse DisCos of Hiding Accounts
The crisis in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) got messier as the electricity generation companies (Gencos) asked the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to open their account…
- 8 Oct 2019
Telcos, Power Experts Discuss Strategic Alliances at the 2019 Power & Telecommunications Synergy Conference
Over 500 stakeholders in the telecommunications and power sectors convened today for the Power and Telecommunications Synergy Conference, sponsored by IHS Nigeria and organised by Thistle Praxis. The…
- 23 Jan 2017
NITDA Inaugurates National Committee on IT Standard ‘COBIT5’
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) inaugurated the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT 5) National Implementation Committee at the NITDA…
- 8 Sept 2022
NIPR Fellowship to Muoka, Ibietan, Meritorious - Danbatta
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations,…
- 8 Dec 2021
UBA Takes over AEDC over Failure of KANN Consortium to Service Debt
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have approved the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by the United Bank for Africa…
- 6 Jun 2023
Danbatta, Adebayo, Rudman, Uzor lead speakers to NDSF 2023
The multiple award-winning Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the chairman, Association of Licensed…
- 28 Apr 2025
DisCo Must Repay Customers for Transformer Purchases, FCCPC Rules
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has ordered the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to refund whatever consumers invest in buying transformers, poles, cables, and other…
- 24 Jun 2015
University of Hull Honours Alimi, with Laurate Award
The iconic House of Lords was the venue for the Alumni event organised by University of Hull, which saw over 220 fellow alumni join the University Chancellor Baroness Virginia Bottomley and the…