{
  "id": 14961976,
  "title": "Nigeria’s metering rate jumps to 63% as unmetered electricity customers drop to 4.7 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/nigerias-metering-rate-jumps-to-63-as-unmetered-electricity-customers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:17:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/917618-nigerias-metering-rate-jumps-to-63-as-unmetered-electricity-customers-drop-to-4-7-million.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Metered customers in Nigeria increased from 7,903,819 in July to 8,045,565 in August, the data showed, representing a 1.8 per cent increase. The post Nigeria’s metering rate jumps to 63% as unmetered electricity customers drop to 4.7 million appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}