Protesting Youths Besiege Delta Govt House Over Insecurity, Prolonged Blackout
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Youths from Okpanam, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday blocked the entrance to the Delta State Government House in Asaba, protesting what they More...
Oborevwori Promises To Connect Delta High Court Complex 24-Hour Power Supply
LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has said that the High Court Building Complex that is under construction in Asaba, will on completion be connected to the State Independent More...
Blackout: FG Plans To take Over BEDC, Sack Management — INVESTIGATION
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely a month after the takeover of Kaduna DisCo over a N10 billion debts, the federal government has concluded plans to take over Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, More...
Warri, Effurun, Uvwie LGA To Experience Eight-Day Blackout-BEDC
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Warri and Effurun in Warri South and Uvwie Local Government Areas of Delta State will witness eight days of blackout from Monday, December 4 to Monday, December 11, 2023. The Benin More...
BEDC Epileptic Power Supply Threat To Development In Delta-Onuesoke
LAGOS MAY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial candidate, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has explained that the poor performance of Benin Electric Distribution More...
James Ibori’s Community Protest Against Epileptic Power Supply, High Bill
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The leadership of various civil rights organizations in Oghara, the headquarters of Ethiope West Local Government Area have embarked on a peaceful protest against the epileptic power More...
BEDC Begins Enumeration Of Unmetered Customers In Delta, Edo,Ekiti, Ondo States
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC) said it has begun the enumeration of all its metered and unmetered customers, in a bid to deploy meters and transformers to eliminate More...
BEDC Dismisses 10 Staff Over Alleged Illegal Activities
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The new Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Dr. Henry Ajagbawa has disclosed that in less than 100 days More...
Delta Monarch, Subjects Cry Out Over Six Years Electricity Blackout In Their Community
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Okparan-Uku of Owa-Alidinma Community in Ika Northeast Local Government Area of Delta State, Elder Goddy Obiyian, and his subjects have cried out over lack of electricity supply More...
Delta: Assassins Kill Suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ in Urhobo Community
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A suspected internet fraudster was Saturday evening, shot dead by yet-to-be-identified assailants along Orhuwhorun Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered More...
Estimated Billing: Aggrieved Ughelli Youths Attack BEDC Office, Beat Staff, Destroy Facilities
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved youths from Ughelli and its environs in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have attacked some staff of the Benin Electricity Company over power outage More...
First Time Investor In Warri Laments High Cost Of Power Installation From BEDC
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A first time investor in Warri area of Delta State, Austin Wareyai has lamented the huge cost involved in the installation of public power from the Benin Electricity Distribution More...
3 Electrocuted, Scores Injured As 11KVA High Tension Cable Collapsed On A Store In Urhobo Community
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Three persons have been electrocuted and many others are battling to save their lives after an 11KVA high tension cable fell on a makeshift trading store at Eruemukowharien community More...
Delta Govt Frowns At BEDC Continuous Ripping Of Communities Through Estimated Billing
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Government has deplored the continued rip off of communities through estimated billings by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, (BEDC). Speaking to journalists More...
BEDC Promises To Restore Light To Urhobo Community After Prolong Power Outage
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has promised to restore electricity to Urhobo community of Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. Head More...
Urhobo Community Protests BEDC ‘Crazy Bill’, Demands Prepaid Meter Or No Payment
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Urhobo community of Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, told the management of the Benin Electricity Company, BDEC, to void all More...
House Of Rep To Investigate BEDC Blackout, Sharp Practices In Two Urhobo Communities
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the persistent blackout and other sharp practices of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company BEDC over the prolonged More...
BEDC Disowns Electrocuted Man In Ughelli
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-BEDC Electricity Plc (BEDC) has denied reports that one of its employees was electrocuted in the line of duty. The firm noted that the employee was not in the services of BEDC Electricity More...
BEDC Staff Electrocuted In Ughelli
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) was on Monday electrocuted in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that More...
BEDC Installs 40,000 Prepaid Meters Across Delta, Edo, Ekiti And Ondo–MD
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc, has said it had so far installed 40,000 pre-paid meters across Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo, its franchise states. Mrs More...
BEDC Concludes Plans To Roll Out 90,870 Prepaid Meters In Delta, Three Other States
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has concluded plans to roll out no fewer than 90,870 meters in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti States in the first quarter More...
Estimated Billing: Delta Group Accuses NERC Of Conniving With Discos To Rob Nigerians
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Civil Society Organisation, Civil Rights Council (CRC), has urged the federal government to scrap the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC) over its continuous More...
Covid-19: BEDC Advises Consumers To Pay Electricity Bill Or Face Disconnection
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Benin Electricity Distribution Company Electricity (BEDC) has advised its customers to continue with the payment of bills as the proposed free electricity supply to all Nigerians More...
Okowa’s Aide Threatens To Drag BEDC To Court Over Burnt Mansion
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Senior Special Assistant on Youth Development to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Mr. Victor Egbo, has threatened to drag the management of the Benin Electricity Distribution More...
Urhobo Communities Lament Over Power Blackout By BEDC
By Young Erhiurhoro LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The residents and business owners of Unenurhie community in Evwreni kingdom and those of Uwheru and its environs, all in Ughelli North LGA of Delta state, bitterly More...