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Fuel Pump Price: CSOs Protest in Osun, Urge Govt. to be Sensitive to Plight of Masses

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Federal Government has been urged be more sensitive to the plight of Nigerians at this critical stage of the adverse effect of Covid-19 pandemic. Leaders of a coalition of civil societies stated this in Osogbo during a protest against the increase in fuel pump price and electricity tariff Continue Reading

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Knocks as Nigerians Decry Hike in Fuel Price

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Yesterday, the Federal Government announced a hike in the price of fuel, a development that has generated condemnation from members of the public.  Our energy correspondent, Olukemi Akintunde, brings detail.Continue Reading

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Reactions Trail Increase in Fuel Pump Price

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Motorists and commercial drivers in Ibadan have frowned at the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit, PMS, from one hundred and forty-eight naira to one hundred and sixty naira per litre. Radio Nigeria reporter observed that almost all filling stations were selling between one hundred and fifty nine naira and one hundred and […]Continue Reading

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Just In:NNPC Hikes PMS Depot Price To ₦151.56/litre

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The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to ₦151.56 per litre from ₦138.62 per litre. This was disclosed in an internal memo from Ibadan depot to all stakeholders with reference number PPMC/IB/LS/020 dated September 2, 2020 […]Continue Reading

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Osun Residents Hail FG Directive on Estimated Billing

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As Federal government directed Electricity Distribution Company across the country to stop estimated billings and provision of meter to every household, residents of Osun state have described the move as welcome development. Speaking with Radio Nigeria in Osogbo the respondents said the directive would restore confidence in the consumption of electricity consumers’ Continue Reading

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Breaking: President Buhari Ends Estimated Billing

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*Directs nationwide mass metering Details below in NERC STATEMENT NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE: NERC COMMITTED TO PROTECTING CUSTOMERS. In response to media reports that there is an increase in tariffs for Nigerians, NERC wishes to clarify that tariff reviews going forward will only follow service-based principles. Under these service-based Continue Reading

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Ogun Community Receives Transformer after Twenty Years Blackout

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Ogun State Government in collaboration with the World Bank has reconnected Larufi community in Remo North Local Government Area of the state to the national grid after about 20 years blackout.  The community was provided with a 500KVA transformer through the State Community and Social Development Agency, CSDA, saddled with the responsibility of for implementing […]Continue Reading

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Many Fuel Stations Closed in Ibadan as IPMAN Announces Hike in Pump Price

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Many filling stations in Ibadan were this morning closed as a result of the announcement by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, to sell petrol beyond the official pump price of one hundred and forty-three naira Radio Nigeria correspondent, who monitored the situation within the metropolis, reports that few stations that opened to Continue Reading

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10 Years On: Ifetedo, Garage-Olode, Others to Get Electricity

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Residents of Ifetedo, Garage-Olode, Omifunfun, Aayeoba, Egbejoda,Araromi Oke-Odo and neighbouring communities in Ife South LocalGovernment Area, Osun State, have heaved a sigh of relief as thestate government announced plans to restore electricity to them. Speaking on behalf of the people after the announcement at OlubosinPalace, Ifetedo, the National President, Ifetedo Continue Reading

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Ogun Residents React to Increase in Fuel Pump Price

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The increase in the pump price of petrol by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has continued to elicit reactions from stakeholders in Ogun State. Residents, who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Abeokuta, described the price increase as unfortunate especially now that many people were still battling to survive the economic hardship occasioned by the […]Continue Reading

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FG Set to Provide Alternative Power Supply to Rural Dwellers

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The Federal Government says efforts are almost concluded for theprovision of an alternative source of power supply to the people at thegrassroots for socio-economic development. The Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on PublicAffairs, Mr Ajuri Ngelale said this while speaking on RadioNigeria Gold FM Ilesa, Osun State, on the presidential Continue Reading

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President Buhari Reconstitutes NNPC Board

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. In a statement signed by the senior special adviser to the president on media and publicity Femi Adesina According to the statement Members of the […]Continue Reading

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Fuel Price Reduction: Non- Compliance by Petrol Stations in Ibadan

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Reactions have continued to trail the Federal Government’s announcement of a reduction in petroleum pump price from one hundred and forty-five naira to one hundred and twenty-five naira. Our correspondent, Olukemi Akintunde, who monitored the level of compliance in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital brings details.Continue Reading

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Finnish Consortium to Establish Energy Centre in Oyo

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Oyo State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Finnish Consortium to establish an Energy Innovation Centre for excellence in the state. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the Nigerian-American Business Forum in Florida, United States of America, which was attended by a state delegation led by Oyo State Governor, Engineer […]Continue Reading

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Ekiti Govt. Distributes Gas Cylinders to Women

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 Federal and Ekiti State Governments have distributed three thousand gas cylinders to selected women across the Sixteen Local Governments in Ekiti. Distributing the three kilograms cylinders already loaded with gas to the beneficiaries at different fora in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and the wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi Continue Reading

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Consumers Decry Proposed Increase in Electricity Tariff

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Electricity consumers have condemned in the Southwest have condemned the proposed tariff increase by the electricity distribution companies in the country. They expressed their displeasure at a public hearing organized by Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, held at Jogor Centre Liberty Road Oke-Ado Ibadan with the theme ‘Investment towards Improvement of Power Continue Reading

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Ekiti Govt, TCN Sign MoU on Power Generation

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Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and Ekiti State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to construct another two electricity power sub-stations of 132/33 KVA in Ilupeju and Ijesa-Isu, Ekiti. At the signing of the MoU, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, represented by the Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi said the step was […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Gas Depot Fire Update: Victims Responding to Treatment

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Three members of staff of a cooking gas Depot in Oyo town who sustained injuries during yesterday’s fire incident are recuperating at the State Hospital. One of the doctors attending to the victims, and who did not want his name mentioned, said they were responding to treatment. Radio Nigeria correspondent reports that but for the intervention […]Continue Reading

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Breaking: Cooking Gas Depot on Fire in Oyo Town

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A cooking gas depot in Oyo town around State Hospital along Ogbomoso road is reportedly on fire. The report says Oyo State Fire Service has mobilized its personnel from Ibadan to the scene of the incident.Continue Reading

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Dept. of Petroleum Resources Commences Awareness on PMS to CNG

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For Nigeria automobiles to switch from premium motor spirit, PMS, energy to compressed natural gas, CNG energy, Abeokuta office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has commenced sensitisation of the motoring publics.  At a media sensitisation on the use of compressed natural gas in Abeokuta, the controller of the Field Office, Mrs. Muinat Bello-Zagi Continue Reading

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Fire Services Extinguish Fire at TCN Ayede Sub Region

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Firefighting trucks numbering about ten and back up water tankers from private, federal and state fire services were this morning deployed to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to stop an outbreak of fire in the regional substation.  Despite the intensity of the fire, men of the fire service maneuvered their ways to quench the fire, […]Continue Reading

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Pic Speaks: Fire outbreak at Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ibadan

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There is a fire outbreak at the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Ayede Sub Region, Ibadan. Mosope KehindeContinue Reading

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Osun Residents Frown at Planned Hike in Electricity Tariffs

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Osun State residents have frowned at the resolve of the eleven electricity distribution companies, Discos, to hike electricity tariffs across board from April 1, 2020. Those who spoke in Ilesa, Ile-Ife and Osogbo, the state capital with our correspondent, Temitope Mosadomi, described the development as another policy to further impoverish the citizenry. Her reports.Continue Reading

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Gas Explosion Kills Scores in Kaduna

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Massive gas explosion has kills scores of people and crippled social activities in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna. Eye witnesses say the incident occurred at about Two o’clock at a gas selling plant opposite the Sabon Tasha filling station. One of the eye witnesses, Lekan Oyediran, said three shops within the area were affected. The eye witnesses […]Continue Reading

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Ondo Govt. Proposes Law to Regulate Electricity

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The Ondo State Government says it is proposing an “Electricity Law” to regulate generation and distribution in the state.  The Special Adviser to the Governor on Energy, Mr Tunji Light-Ariyo disclosed this while playing host to the Assembly Committee on Public Utilities and Transport on familiarisation visit at the State Electricity Board Office, Akure.  Mr Continue Reading