The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kwara, on Friday, says it will soon clampdown on illegal gas outlets operating in various parts of the state. The DPR Head of Operations in Kwara, Mr Oyedele Ibitayo, disclosed this in Ilorin DPR had earlier embarked on a road show on Gas[Read More…]
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Access Bank Targets 30,000 Customers, as Osibanjo flags off MSME Clinic in Ebonyi
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo on Thursday launched Ebonyi state edition of National Micro, Small and Medium Businesses (MSMEs) Clinic at Ecumenical Center in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital. Osibanjo said that the Federal government was encouraged by the number of MSMEs he interacted with when he arrived the state and[Read More…]
BJAN Unveils Plans to Mark 2020 Consumer Rights Day
The Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) has concluded plans to hold the 2020 World Consumer Rights Day in Lagos. BJAN will mark the 8th edition of its Consumer Rights Day with the theme ‘Sustainable Consumer Behaviour’. The World Consumer Right Day, is an annual event organised BJAN as part[Read More…]
Nigeria operates cheapest electricity tariff in West Africa – Mohammed
The Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, said Nigeria has the cheapest electricity tariff in the West African sub-region, and called for immediate review of tariffs. According to him, an estimated N1.7 trillion had been spent to subsidise electricity industry in the last six[Read More…]
Consumers ask for more prepaid meters, oppose upward review of tariff
Some Stakeholders at a public hearing, organised by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in Ibadan, have clamoured for availability of prepaid meters for consumers as against upward review of tariffs by distribution companies. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, which held in Ibadan on Friday,[Read More…]
How Brand Packaging Affect Pricing
All over the world, the issue of brand packaging is not new to brand handlers. On its face value, packaging is a deliberate investment in product presentation, preservation, display and differentiation. For cost accounting, the interest stretch from its implication on basic cost to the total project cost outlay, through[Read More…]
DPR warns against sales of gas in residential areas
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office, has warned skid gas operators against sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in residential areas in the state. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Operations Controller, said on Sunday in Osogbo, said the warning had become imperative in order to avoid fire outbreak.[Read More…]
NERC orders metering of electricity consumers by April 30
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the Distribution Companies (DisCos) to ensure that electricity consumers are metered by April 30. NERC said this in an order signed by NERC’s Chairman, James Momoh, and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, obtained from the commission’s website in Abuja on[Read More…]
EDOSCO reject increment in electricity tariff
Members of Edo Civil Society Organisations were fully present at the stakeholder’s meeting held in Benin today on the proposed increment in electricity tariff by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. EDOCSO position was that, the proposed electricity tariff increment should be jettisoned as the power company have failed in discharging[Read More…]
NERC puts limits on Discos’ estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has placed limits on estimated bills that can be issued by electricity distribution companies to unmetered consumers. It said it had cancelled the Estimated Billing Methodology Regulation as a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers by the Discos. NERC disclosed this in its[Read More…]
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FG Revenue Rises 76% to N12.5tn, Fueled by Tax and Oil Gains — Budget Office
The Federal Government’s earnings have increased by 76 percent, rising from N7.1 trillion in 2022 to N12.5 trillion in 2023, due to higher taxes and oil revenues. This information was revealed in the recently released 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper from the Ministry of Budget and[Read More…]