FG Orders Stop to Estimated Billing The Federal Government has ordered Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to stop estimated billing system in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), because it is subjective, discretionary, and prone to abuse. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola,...

Nigeria has over 17 million housing deficits and the Federal Government is exploring ways to tackle them fast. To meet this demand, the housing sector has to produce over 700,000 units of housing every year, and unfortunately, the formal sector is only churning out...

Nine of the nation’s 26 power plants did not generate any megawatts of electricity on Wednesday, coupled with significant reduction in the generation from two of the hydropower plants and several others. The Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Jebba Power Station in Kwara...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged state governments to cooperate with the Federal Controller of Works in their states in order to ensure smooth road rehabilitation and construction. He said that the Federal Government was committed to making roads...

Most contractors who have been working for the Federal Government in the power and works sectors are being owed for an average of three years, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola said this at a press conference hosted...