The Federal Government’s expenditure on electricity subsidies surged to ₦199.64 billion in December 2024, marking a 2.76% increase from the ₦194.26 billion spent in November, according...
The Federal Government has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals nationwide. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, confirmed...
The Federal Government of Nigeria expended a staggering ₦628.61 billion on electricity subsidies in 2023, as part of efforts to stabilize the power sector and cushion...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba, has warned that reversing the recent electricity tariff hikes could force the Federal government to...
A recent report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for the third quarter of last year indicates that the Federal Government paid approximately ₦205 billion...
The Federal Government has said it would reinvest savings from electricity subsidy removal in the provision of social services and to improve the power supply in...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government is still paying subsidy on electricity despite the recent hike in tariff paid by Band...
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed that citizens of neighbouring countries, including Mali, Togo and Guinea, pay more for electricity than Nigerians. Making this...
President Bola Tinubu has been warned to reconsider the advice the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave regarding the removal of electricity subsidy to avoid more chaotic...
The Federal government has said it cannot continue to subsidise electricity for Nigerians. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, stated this on Wednesday while briefing State...
Nigerian Electricity distribution companies (Discos) have faulted the federal government over its failure to release the N100bn subsidy on electricity since the privatisation of the sector,...