LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians may need to brace up for tougher times as electricity tariff is set to increase by over 40 per cent in the coming days, a development which may eventually end all forms of energy subsidy in the country. With a monthly subsidy of about N50 billion still in the electricity sector…
LAGOS AUGUST 13 (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a staffer of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr James Olayemi, to six months imprisonment for unlawful disconnection of electricity supply to the premises of the company’s customer, Dennis Osanwuta. In the judgment delivered on Thursday in Lokoja, the Chief Magistrate, Dr Tanko Muhammed, also…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Electricity workers have threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to implement the December 11, 2019 agreement it reached with them. They gave the government 14 days to do the needful or face an industrial action. Seven weeks ago, the Federal Government reached an agreement with workers in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Different groups representing power consumers across the country have declared that the recently approved increase in electricity tariff will not stand until there is considerable improvement in power supply. On August 22, 2019, The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, approved an increase in the tariff…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An armed robber posing as PHCN was beaten to death by angry mob in Kano, following a failed robbery operation. According to reports, the deceased and his gang had posed as a PHCN staff, to gain access into a lady’s house. They reportedly asked for her electricity bill and in the process,…