New electricity consumers in Nigeria are being ripped off by power distribution companies (DisCos) through estimated billing despite a policy stating that all new connections must be accompanied by meter, an investigation by Daily Trust revealed. The Connection and Disconnection Procedures…
In March this year, the Federal Government said it was set to commission the 10 Megawatts to wind farm sited at Lambar Rimi area of Katsina State. The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman, who announced the development via a…
The multi-billion naira Independent Power Plant (IPP) project in Kano State, which was said to have reached 95 percent completion in July 2020 and scheduled to be commissioned in October of the same year, is yet to see the light…
The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation, has conducted a workshop on Fact-Checking and Verification. The workshop, which held at the Daily Trust Foundation Training Hall, began on Monday, May 24, 2021, and ended on Wednesday, May 26,…
Nigerians have continued to pay for the power supply but have not seen enough of that in the past five years, with electricity tariff rising as economic indices worsen. Although the power sector was privatized on November 1, 2013, to…
The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation, has organized a three-day workshop on multi-media reporting. The workshop held at the Daily Trust Foundation Training Hall from Monday, March 29, 2021 to Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The workshop was…
Residents of Dadin-Kowa, the host community of a hydropower plant, have expressed displeasure over the delay in inaugurating the project, over a year after its completion. The power plant, which was initiated in 1959 and located in Gombe State to…
There are indications that Transcorp Power Consortium, one of the leading power generating companies in Nigeria may lose its bid to acquire majority stake in the newest and biggest power generating plants recently built by the federal government.
Power supply in Niger State has generated a lot of controversy in the last few years, leading to series of protests and threats to shut down all the hydro power stations in the state. Read more :https://dailytrust.com/despite-many-dams-niger-still-gropes-in-darkness
Electricity consumers have kicked against the resumption of tariff hike by Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), which comes into effect on Sunday. They said after two months of high-level discussions occasioned by the suspension of the tariff hike, they were still…
