ABUJA – Officials of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, last week, stormed the Citec Housing Estate located in the Mbora District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over allegations of illegally collecting about N46 million from residents for the purchase and installation of individual pre-paid meters in the estate.

AS if speaking the mind of many Nigerians, the President-General of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Comrade Peter Esele, has taken a critical appraisal of the Nigeria’s Power sector and returned a damning verdict that the operators of the industry are not only confused, but are clueless.

To make the insurance industry more responsive to the growth of the nation’s economy, the House of Representatives has set in motion plans to review federal government insurances.

Amidst fears on the part of insurers that claims emanating from oil and gas risks have been huge and could impact negatively on the bottom-line of companies, some operators are of the opinion that the business still remains a worthwhile venture.

Previously, I recharge my meter with N3,000 and I get 281 units of electricity, but under this new tariff, I am getting only 165 units,” complained a retailer in Ikeja, Mrs Yetunde Lawal.

As the pension fund hits N2.6 trillion, the debate as to whether to channel it into the power sector rages on, ROSEMARY ONUOHA, assesses the issues and the way forward.

The late Dr. Levi Chibuike Ajuonuma was born on 2nd December 1959 in Enugu, although he hailed from Ideato South in Imo State. He was married with children.

Experts in the oil and gas industry believe that Nigeria’s domestic market demand is growing at a projected annual rate of 25 per cent, which is one of the fastest demand growths in the world.

ast Tuesday’s sacking of the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Austen Oniwon, and three other top management executives may be the first knell in what would likely be a sweeping reform in the nation’s oil and gas industry.

Indigenous oil and gas service company, kaztec Engineering Limited, said it has concluded plans to acquire additional three new vessels, which are expected to sail into the country before year end.