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Breaking: Cooking Gas Depot on Fire in Oyo Town
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.
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Dept. of Petroleum Resources Commences Awareness on PMS to CNG
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 explained…
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Fire Services Extinguish Fire at TCN Ayede Sub Region
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,…
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Pic Speaks: Fire outbreak at Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ibadan
There is a fire outbreak at the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Ayede Sub Region, Ibadan. Mosope Kehinde
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Osun Residents Frown at Planned Hike in Electricity Tariffs
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.
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Gas Explosion Kills Scores in Kaduna
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…
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Ondo Govt. Proposes Law to Regulate Electricity
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…
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Ondo Communities to be Connected to National Grid after 12 Years Blackout
After twelve years of total blackout, communities in the southern senatorial district of Ondo State are to be reconnected to the national grid following completion of Federal Government’s power projects in the areas. These projects are to be inaugurated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in few weeks time. The Executive Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company,…
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VP Osinbajo Decries Capacity of Power Distribution Companies
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has decried the low distribution capacity of four thousand megawatts by all the eleven distribution companies, DISCOS, in the country, leaving an excess of more than five thousand mega watts of unused electricity to waste away. Prof. Osinbajo made this known while speaking at the commissioning of the new 2x60mva, 132/33kv…
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Tackling Estimated Electricity Billing
Electricity is indispensable to life sustenance in the 21st century. Its importance to industrial growth and contribution to residential comforts has made it a necessity whether in the remote village or in the urban centers. It is therefore the responsibility of electricity consumers to accurately pay for the services they enjoy. Aside from those using…
