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Electricity, explained plainly.
Guides to data plans, airtime, electricity tokens, TV, exam PINs and everyday money in Nigeria. Every price carries a date and a source, and a guide changes when the price does.
Electricity
Free Prepaid Meter: How to Get One Under NERC's ₦30bn Order
Unmetered on Band A or B? NERC's ₦30bn Tranche C pays for your meter. Here's when installs can start, what to do at each DisCo, an...
Electricity
AEDC Token Not Loading? 6 Causes and the Fix for Each
Meter says Reject or Used? Work through six causes, from a mistyped digit to the KCT update, with the exact steps and AEDC contact...
Electricity
Why Is There No Light in Lagos? Gas Gap, Not a Grid Collapse
Lagos is short of light because gas and water ran low and a 330kV line was vandalised. The grid didn't collapse, and Band A refund...
Electricity
How to Recharge Prepaid Meter: Token Steps and What ₦5,000 Buys
Type the 20-digit token, press Enter and wait for Accept. It's the same on Hexing, Conlog, Mojec and Holley meters. On Band A outs...
Electricity
Ikeja Electric Band A Compensation: 6 Feeders Got 0 Hours
An Ikeja Electric apology pays nothing by itself. See the 10 Band A feeders that missed 20 hours on 25–26 October, what NERC credi...
Electricity
Electricity Tariff Increase to ₦350/kWh? Band A Is Still ₦209.50
The ₦350 per unit warning is a 2029 forecast, not a NERC order. See what Band A and Band B pay today and how many units ₦10,000 wo...
Electricity
National Grid Collapse? The 477MW Trip and Why Your Light Is Off
Generation fell from 3,840MW to 476.70MW on 19 October 2026. NISO calls it a partial trip, not a collapse. Why streets stayed dark...
Electricity
Is Eko Power the Same as EKEDC? The LASERC Licence and Your Token
Your meter says EKEDC, but the news says Eko Power. Who holds the LASERC licence, whether your meter number changes, and where to...
Electricity
Band A Refund: No New Payout, and Why 4.7m Still Pay Estimates
No new Band A refund has been ordered. The only one covered February and March 2026 and was paid as a token or bill credit, never...
Electricity
Ikeja Electric Payment Failed or No Token? 6 Causes, 6 Fixes
Paid Ikeja Electric but got no token, or the meter number keeps failing? Here are the six usual causes, how to spot each one and t...
About these electricity guides
Prepaid electricity raises the same questions in every home: why the meter rejected a token, what your tariff band means for your hours of supply, how to get a new meter, and what to do when you paid but no token came.
These guides cover the DisCos across Nigeria, from Ikeja Electric and Eko to IBEDC and AEDC: buying tokens, reading meter error messages, the MAP meter scheme, bands A to E and the compensation and refund rules set by NERC.
Where a rule comes from a regulator, the article names the order and its date so you can check it yourself.