{
  "id": 9224304,
  "title": "Nigeria Tariff Freeze Keeps Power Subsidy High as Abuja Rules Out Hike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nigeria-tariff-freeze-keeps-power-subsidy-high-as-abuja-rules-out-hike",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T22:19:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/nigeria-tariff-freeze-power-revenue-pressure-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria · ENERGY Key Facts —What happened Power Minister Joseph Tegbe said on Monday 21 September 2026 that Nigeria has no immediate plan to raise electricity tariffs. —What it costs The regulator NERC put the 2025 subsidy from frozen tariffs at N1.928 trillion (about US$1.45 billion). —The catch Distribution companies collected about N1.36 trillion (about […] The post Nigeria Tariff Freeze Keeps…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}