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VC laments Babcock’s N300m May electricity bill
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VC laments Babcock’s N300m May electricity bill

5 months ago6424 min

The Vice-Chancellor, Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said high electricity tariff is a great threat to quality education in Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday at the Babcock University 22nd undergraduate and 13th postgraduate convocation, Tayo said the institution paid N300m as electricity tariff in the month of May. “I hereby call on the government to reduce electricity tariff. High electricity tariff is a threat to quality education in Nigeria. University education needs support for the...

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EXCLUSIVE: How Tinubu Violated Nigerian Electricity Act In Appointment Of APC Chairman, Ganduje’s Son As Director Of Rural Electrification Agency

8 months ago15923 min

President Bola Tinubu made a constitutional breach on the appointment of a new management team for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), SaharaReporters has gathered.   Tinubu in March in a press statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, appointed Umar Abdullahi Umar as the new Executive Director of the agency.   Umar is the son of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and the embattled National Chairman of the...

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Peter Obi Denies Plan To Dump Labour Party Amid Crisis, Says Higher Electricity Tariff For Band A Customers Is Normal

9 months ago1114 min

Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has denied that he is planning to leave the party.   In March, a former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party and join a former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the Social Democratic Party (SDP).   Bwala, who made the allegation in a post on his X handle, said Obi...

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Electricity Tariff Hike: Tinubu Government Must Face Consequences – Nigerian Labour Congress

9 months ago9711 min

The Nigerian government, on Friday, insisted on the 240 per cent hike in tariff payable by power consumers in the band ‘A’ category despite calls for its reversal.   It also revealed that the subsidised power pricing regime would be for the short term, with a transition plan to achieve a full cost-reflective tariff within a period of three years.   However, the decision did not go down well with the Nigeria Labour Congress, which...

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Uncompleted Low-income Houses Inaugurated By Bayelsa Govt Without Toilets, Electricity Hijacked By Ex-Commissioners, Lawmakers, Other Politicians

9 months ago10411 min

A low-income estate built by the Bayelsa state government has been allegedly hijacked by politicians and senior government officials in the state, findings have revealed.   An estate built by former governor Seriake Dickson called “Anyama Low Income Estate Phase 1” was hurriedly inaugurated by Dickson before he left office on February 12, 2020 without internal roads, toilet facilities, electricity, and security provisions amongst others.   The estate which comprises 42 units by 84 flats...

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SERAP To Sue Tinubu Government Over Electricity Tariff Hike, Calls For Reversal Pending Court Hearing

9 months ago924 min

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has said it is suing President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the arbitrary increase in electricity tariff.  SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country.   Band A are those who enjoy...

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BREAKING: Tinubu Government Raises Electricity Tariff For Nigerians From N66 To N225 Kilowatt Per Hour

9 months ago833 min

According to Oseni, customers in Band A who are those who enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily represent 15 percent of the 12million electricity customers in Nigeria. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country.   The Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Musliu Oseni, who made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday...

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