“I’m running mad in this country” – Williams Uchemba laments over electricity crisis

"I’m running mad in this country” – Williams Uchemba laments over electricity crisis

Williams Uchemba, a well-known actor has expressed worry over the inadequate electricity supply and lack of diesel to run generators. Williams Uchemba posted a video and a request for permission to rant on his verified Instagram page. The seasoned actor claimed that although his estate in Lagos State’s Ikoyi neighborhood was well-known for having intermittent power supplies, however, that has changed. According to him, things have become so bad that the estate that once had 24-hour electricity hardly receives enough power. "I’m running mad in this country” – Williams Uchemba laments over electricity crisis"I’m running mad in this country” – Williams Uchemba laments over electricity crisisUchemba Williams, Nollywood actor. source: Google He claimed that after being contacted by the PHCN manager in his region, he demanded that the estate chairman visit him to receive “Christmas money.” He also bemoaned the fact that most petrol stations do not sell diesel, so his chauffeur was unable to get it for him to use to power his generator. Uchemba claimed that he has now resorted to talking to his neighbors, some of whom are selling diesel to him for N1200 per liter, and that they have raised the price. ‘’I am going mad in this country… The rich are not crying. The rich are dying. With all your money, you will die in Nigeria,” the Nollywood actor said.

Business woman disposes fruit juice because of lack of electricity

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Nigerian business woman dispose several bottles of fruit juice after it got spoilt because of lack of electricityNigerian business woman dispose several bottles of fruit juice after it got spoilt because of lack of electricity A business woman shares the hard part of being a business owner in the country as she disposes several bottles of fruit juice after it got spoilt because there was no electricity. The Port-harcourt based lady shared this heart wrenching video on her business page, honitreatz on Instagram. The fruit parfait and juice vendor revealed in a lengthy caption how she had made the juice late into the evening. After the entire stress of making it, she stored it in the freezer but the light went off and her auxiliary power source, generator, packed up that night. Nigerian business woman dispose several bottles of fruit juice after it got spoilt because of lack of electricity Nigerian business woman dispose several bottles of fruit juice after it got spoilt because of lack of electricity On her delivery of the fruit juice to a customer the next day, the customer revealed that it had already gone bad, leaving her no choice but to dispose the rest of it as well. Many Netizens have empathized with the business woman in her comments. See some below… lezibas_cuisinee wrote: “Funny how same thing happen to me today too but we moveeeeee regardless” organicsavour_honey wrote: “How I wish your customers will see this, so when next they come they won’t ask for discount neither stress you out. I’m sending you millions of hugs from here, May it be returned in manifolds, I can feel your pain 🥲” goodiee___ reacted: “This is such a vulnerable moment. Thank you for sharing with us. Sorry about the effort and time spent. Wishing you brighter days ahead.” sinachpackaging added: “This is so sad…sorry about that.I wish we can atleast have the basic things of life in this country.” Watch video here:

“Na NEPA-A-Thon?” – Residents panic over number of PHCN officials working on electricity pole at once (Video)

"Na NEPA-A-Thon?" – Residents panic over number of PHCN officials working on electricity pole at once (Video)

"Na NEPA-A-Thon?" – Residents panic over number of PHCN officials working on electricity pole at once (Video)

Reactions trail video of residents of a community panicking over the number of PHCN officials who were working on various poles in their street. The residents were left confused when various individuals from the power company mounted several pole wires in their street, at the same time, and began working on them.

"Na NEPA-A-Thon?" – Residents panic over number of PHCN officials working on electricity pole at once (Video)

“Na NEPA-A-Thon?” – Residents panic over number of PHCN officials working on electricity pole at once. Credit: Instablog/Instagram. In the video which surfaced online, about six NEPA officials were seen on different poles working at the same time. Watch the video below; Netizens took to the comment section to react: evelyn__xx wrote: “Nepa-thon. Highest number of people cutting light at once” som_tea wrote: “Na NEPA-A-THON be this one GWR would be proud.” de_prime001 wrote: “They Hang there like super zombies for game” walebwe1 wrote: “Nigerians are not ready for 24-hour electricity. Darkness has become part of many Nigerians. It’s going to take a while b4 people get used to 24-hour electricity”

Electricity workers to go on nationwide strike

Electricity workers to go on nationwide strike

The Nigerian government‘s abrupt removal of fuel subsidy has led to the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) instructing its members to cease their services across the country. In a notice signed by the acting general secretary, Dominic Igwebike, the NUEE urged its members to comply with the directive and initiate the work stoppage from the early hours of Wednesday.

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President Bola Tinubu during his inauguration speech where he announced fuel subsidy removal on May 29th. Credit: Business Day President Bola Tinubu, in his inaugural address on Monday, declared the end of the petroleum subsidy regime, deeming it unsustainable. In response to this announcement, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) directed its outlets to sell fuel at a significantly increased price range of N480 to N570 per litre, representing a nearly 200 percent surge from the initial price below N200. On Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) declared its intention to organize a nationwide protest on the following Wednesday if the NNPCL refused to revert to the previous price regime in the oil sector. The Nigerian Union of Journalists also threatened to participate in the strike action. In a letter to its members on Sunday, the NUEE explained that its decision was a result of the NLC emergency national executive council (NEC) meeting, held on June 2 at the Labour House in Abuja, to address the sudden removal of fuel subsidy, which was causing significant hardships for Nigerians and contributing to increased inflation in the economy. The statement directed all national, state, and chapter executives to mobilize their members in full compliance with the directive, with the withdrawal of services nationwide commencing from 00.00 hours on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. “To this effect, all National, State and Chapter executives are requested to start the mobilisation of our members in total compliance with this directive,” the statement said. “Please note that withdrawal of Services nationwide commences from 0.00 hours of Wednesday, June 7, 2023,” the statement reads in part.

“We’re all living in the trenches” – Skiibii cries out after being served N1.7m electricity bill

"We're all living in the trenches" – Skiibii cries out after being served N1.7m electricity bill

Popular singer and songwriter, Abbey Toyyib Elias better known professionally as Skiibii has lamented over the state of the Nation.


The musician took to his social media page to criticize how badly things have deteriorated in the country; the indifference with which problems are being treated with as he cited the recent train attack.
The singer revealed that the last electricity bill he received was a whooping N1.7 million.
He also lamented over the recycling of political leaders as he stated that such wouldn’t lead the nation anywhere.
In his words he wrote;
“I don’t care if you stay on the island or mainland I swear na trenches all of us dey for this naija….suffering and smiling big time , just imagine what happened with the kadunatrain nothing will happen they will ignore as usual, if anything happen to anybody na saara..we no get government ooooo you better know now cos no light anywhere..no fuel to power generator… the last nepa bill I got is 1.7million Kai and guess what it’s looking like it will only get worse , this recycling of leaders is not taking us anywhere.”

“We’ve been able to quietly remove subsidy from electricity”

"We've been able to quietly remove subsidy from electricity"

On Saturday, the Nigerian government revealed that there are no more subsidies in the electricity sector as it has succeeded in quietly removing subsidy from electricity tariffs across the country.

Speaking at a meeting of African Finance Ministers and the International Monetary Fund, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who made the revelation added that plans are also being made to remove subsidy from fuel.
In her words: “We are cleaning up our subsidies. We had a setback; we were to remove fuel subsidy by July this year but there was a lot of pushback from the polity. We have elections coming and because of the hardship that companies and citizens went through during the COVID-19 pandemic, we just felt that the time was not right, so we pulled back on that.
“But we have been able to quietly implement subsidy removal in the electricity sector and as we speak, we don’t have subsidies in the electricity sector. We did that incrementally over time by carefully adjusting the prices at some levels while holding the lower levels down.
“The current review that we are doing is to hold the subsidy at the level in which it is planned… We are currently doing a budget amendment to accommodate incremental subsidy (removal) as a result of the reversal of the decision and we want to cap it at that.

“Hopefully, the parliament will agree with us and we are able to continue with our plan for subsidy (removal) otherwise the way things are going we will not be able to predict where the deficit will be as a result of the fluctuation in the global market.”