The federal government says plans are ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months”.It, however, said that the planned increase needed to be balanced by subsidies for less-affluent electricity users. Bloomberg quoted the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, ...

There are power projects worth over N2 trillion that have not been completed or simply awarded but yet to start in different parts of the country, an investigation by Daily Trust has shown.The Nigeria’s power sector has, over the years, appeared to defy solutions aimed at providing sufficient ...

Electricity workers under the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), FCT Council, partially shutd own activities at the headquarters of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Wednesday.The union had earlier urged its members to shut down all AEDC offices on Wednesday over ...

Concerned Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (CCSON) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public its findings regarding the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. The group in a press statement on Friday, made ...

Claim: Man beaten in viral video Burkina Faso’s former transport minister A viral video claimed that Vincent Dabilgou, a former Minister of Transportation in Burkina Faso, was stripped and beaten in public by a mob for corruption. Verdict: False. While DUBAWA could not ascertain the identity ...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has honoured the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), Dr. Rabiu Olowo, with its 2024 ‘Top Chartered Accountant Under 40” award. The award was in recognisation of Olowo’s rising profile ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the increase of electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, NERC’s Vice Chairman, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers pay N225 kilowatt per hour ...