Delta: Electricity Cable Thieves Plunge Effurun Community Into Darkness
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thieves have plunged a section of Airport road, Effurun, in Uvwie LGA of Delta State into darkness after they allegedly stole armoured cables from the transfer situated near Izakpa More...
Jubilation As Delta Communities Get Electricity After 15 Years Of Darkness
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Electricity has been restored to Ekuku-Agbor and its adjoining communities in Ika South local government area of Delta State after 15 years. The completion of a sub-station in the More...
Ijaw Monarch Urges Okowa To Resuscitate Abandoned Bomadi Poly, Electricity Project
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Pere of Kerebiri-Mein kingdom, Bomadi local government area of Delta State, HRM Godspower Oporomo, has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to resuscitate the abandoned Bomadi Polytechnic More...
Delta: Afiesere Community Hails Edevbie’s Family Over Dev, Restoration Of Electricity
L-R: David Edevbie and Mathew Edevbie LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The people of Afiesere Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, have commended Chief Mathew Edevbie and the Chief of Staff More...
Residents Of Isoko Kingdom Cry Out Over Eight-Year Electricity Blackout
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Aviara kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Council of Delta state, have decried eight years of absence of electricity in their community. Aviara kingdom, which has More...
Lockdown: Delta e-Learning Programme Faces Challenges
By Young Erhiurhoro LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president general of Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North LGA of Delta state, Mr. Peter Maison said the Delta state e-learning programme designed More...
Delta PDP Bigwig Advises Senate To Jettison Propose Bill On Ban Of Generators
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-People Democratic Party Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has appealed to members of Nigeria Senate to as a matter of urgency to stop further deliberation on the proposed bill to More...
Mosogar Community Accuses BEDC Of Collecting N12m Without Restoring Electricity Supply
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY))-Mosagar Community in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State has accused the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, (BEDC) of collecting the sum of N12,000,000,00 (Twelve More...
Bayelsa: Electricity Distribution Company Blames Consumers Over Low Power Outage
By Amos Okioma LAGOS APRIL 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has blamed customers over low power outage in Bayelsa state. The Head, Customers Services, Dr. Godwin Orovwiroro More...
Research on Alternative Energy Instead of Oil, Onuesoke Advises FG
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) Chieftain and Delta State PDP Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has advised the Federal Government More...
It Will Take Ten Years for Nigeria to Achieve Uninterrupted Power Supply -FG
LAGOS JULY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri has said it will take at least 10 years for Nigeria to achieve as uninterrupted power supply. The minister, More...
Fashola is a ‘Mere Figure Head’ as Minister of Power – Emir Sanusi
Babatunde Fashola LAGOS JULY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has described the position of Minister of Power held by Mr. Raji Babatunde Fashola as that of a ‘mere figure head’ who More...
Fashola Raises Alarm, Says Activities of N’Delta Avengers is Crippling Electricity Supply
Babatubde Fashola LAGOS JUNE 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, work and housing has raised the alarm attributing the activities of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) as a major threat to the nation’s More...
Bayelsa Residents Face Hard Time over Electricity Blackouts, Fuel Scarcity
Dickson LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Commuters and motorists of Bayelsa State capital Yenagoa showed signs of concern following several days of an electricity blackout and increasing fuel scarcity in most parts More...
Nigeria to Raise Electricity Rates Up to 40% By Next Month
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria plans to increase electricity rates by as much as 40 percent for some customers next month as a fall in the value of the naira and rising costs hinder efforts to end daily More...
Delta State hoteliers Raise Alarm over Illegal Levies, Incessant Power Outage
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Hotel owners in Warri and environ, under the aegis of the Hoteliers Association of Delta State, have expressed worries over the high electricity tariff from the Benin Electricity More...
The Need to Protect Electricity Consumer from Extortion
By Nwaorgu Faustinus LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The news about the directive or rather order by the senate on the 11th of this month to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the More...
Three Important Achievements of Buhari in Just 60 Days in Office
President Muhammadu Buhari, ‘Baba Go Slow’ is on track By Oladele Hakeem LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Actions speak louder than words. The actions of President Muhammadu Buhari right from his inauguration More...
Mali to Install First Large Scale Solar Energy Power Plant in West Africa
LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY) — An historic agreement to Build-Own-and Operate West Africa’s first utility-scale solar power plant was signed today by Norwegian company Scatec Solar and its partners, More...
Phone Companies Groan Under Nigeria’s Electricity Problem, Spend $100m Annually on Energy
LAGOS JULY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s biggest telecommunications companies are spending close to $100 million a year on diesel fuel to keep their networks running due to the country’s poor electricity supply. MTN, More...
Electricity Worker Electrocuted a Week to His Wedding
The electrocuted man LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Tragedy struck on Wednesday night in Asaba, capital of Delta state, when a 35 year-old staff of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), identified as More...
Feb Poll: Buhari is no Match to Jonathan-Onuesoke
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-As the Nigeria Presidential election draws closer, Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke More...
WorldStage National Electricity Conference to Tackle Post-Privatization Challenges
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)- With about 30 million households in Nigeria still without access to electricity at the dawn of a new era in Nigeria’s liberalized electricity power sector, the 4th WorldStage More...
Electricity Failure Stall Fraud Suspect, Fred Ajudua’s Bail Application
Fred Ajudua LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY) Several scheduled cases at the State High court in Ikeja today were canceled due failure of electricity supply. The erratic supply of power caused many court rooms to More...
Your Claim on CNN Superbowl on Electricity is a Lie, Nigerians Reply Jonathan on Social Media
LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerians, disgruntled by President Goodluck Jonathan’s last CNN interview claim of improved electricity, seized on Sunday’s U.S. Super bowl power outage, to issue a fierce rebuttal, More...