Power Failures: Oyo-Ita Blames Discos The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has heaped the blame for persistent power failures in homes across the country on the electricity distribution companies. She accused the firms of not living up to expectations. yo-Ita said this...

MRA Inducts TCN into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for leaving Nigerians in the dark over its operations and activities...

The Federal Government has commenced payment for electricity bills owed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as Abuja Distribution Company gets N374.5million. A communique issued after the monthly power sector meeting held at the Transmission’s National Control Centre, Osogbo yesterday said the payment ýwas for...

Investors in the Nigeria’s power industry have picked holes in the planned N701 billion power intervention fund by the Federal Government. They declared that the fund had the potential to worsen revenue shortfalls rocking the industry. Executive Director, Research and Advocacy for the umbrella body...

Electricity generation at the national grid has sustained the peak of 4,000megawatts (mw) into 2017 since it reached the level last Tuesday, records have shown. Data available from the Nigeria System Operator (NSO) shows that peak generation in December 2016 was highest when it hit...

More than six months after the nation’s electricity generation dropped below 3,000 megawatts, output from the power plants is still 1,552MW lower than the peak achieved in February. Power generation stood at 3,523.10MW as of 6am on Friday, September 2, 2016, up from 3,026.3MW on...