The Federal Government on Tuesday night said the electricity supply under the administration of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has improved tremendously compared to what it used to be in the past years. The Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, stated [...]
South African government plans to end recurring power cuts could take at least a year to deliver results, a top executive at state energy utility Eskom has said. Africa’s most industrialised economy is set for its worst year of electricity [...]
Two weeks after suspension of the nationwide strike by electricity workers that threw the nation into blackout, indications have emerged of a fresh looming strike over alleged unwillingness of government to resolve issues of unpaid entitlements to former workers of the [...]
The day’s business had remained seamlessly for hours until sudden darkness enveloped John Okechukwu’s shop last Wednesday, disrupting the day’s operations for the young entrepreneur. Mr John, who runs a photography and general printing business—colloquially referred to as “Business Centre”—at [...]
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Electricity Bill 2022 to allow states and individuals to generate and distribute electricity. Chairman of the senate committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue), said, “Since electricity is on the concurrent list in the constitution, the bill [...]
Nigeria’s solar companies are seeing a surge in demand for mini-grids and equipment as businesses in Africa’s biggest oil producer look for alternative power sources after the cost of diesel soared locally due to rising global oil prices. Supply constraints [...]
South African state power utility Eskom may be forced to implement power cuts lasting at least six hours a day, after 10 generation units went offline overnight and a strike disrupted its operations. The cuts could begin on Tuesday, company [...]
Nigeria’s wobbly national electricity grid has collapsed yet again, throwing several cities including the federal capital Abuja into darkness. Electricity companies announced late Sunday that the collapse occurred just before 7pm. It is the sixth reported collapse in 2022, although [...]
Stakeholder in Nigeria’s power sector has warned that the sector faces imminent collapse as a result of myriads of challenges. Speaking with journalists, yesterday, they highlighted the acute foreign exchange shortage in the country as a major challenge affecting the [...]
Nigerians in several cities including Abuja and Lagos have been hit by a “double-whammy” of fuel scarcity and electricity outage, leaving millions struggling to keep up with their daily activities and businesses. For weeks, the country has faced fuel shortage [...]
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company announced a new business model to ensure consistent electricity supply to users in its service area. The franchise states for the company are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, and Rivers. The indication came from [...]
The Oyo State Government and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) have come to a resolution following a misunderstanding that led to the closure of the company’s offices on Wednesday. This was contained in a statement issued jointly by Temilolu [...]
The Federal Government has said the Siemens AG power project which plans to grow Nigeria’s power delivery to 25,000 megawatts will be revived in the first quarter of 2021. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, said on Thursday that the [...]
In a rare and bold move, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, approved the immediate sacking of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) following industrial action. The announcement made through the Ministry of Power with the purported backing of [...]
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), may this week renew the licence of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), an intervention agency in the power sector, signaling more uncertainties in the sector already overdue for [...]
The electricity challenge confronting the country appears to have attained a worrisome dimension as there is an estimated 22 million small generators in households use and MSMEs in Nigeria. Operations Director/Executive Director, Selattyn Energy Plc, Mr. Effiong Okon, stated this during [...]
Almost all of Nigeria’s 11 electricity distribution companies reported huge losses in seven straight years, a distressing scorecard that highlights the struggles of a sector that has failed to meet the power needs of Nigerians nearly a decade after the [...]
After several weeks of poor performance, power generation in Nigeria picked up at the weekend, reaching 4,823.60 mega watts on Saturday. Data from the National System Operator, an independent unit in the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that it [...]
Nigeria is in talks with four West African countries expected to buy unused electricity from it. The deal will be done through a planned $570 million Northcore Power Transmission Line. The acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria [...]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the national grid experienced a total system collapse on Wednesday resulting in blackout in some parts of the country. The TCN confirmed the development in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. [...]
The estimated 25 million Nigerians that will benefit from the Federal Government’s Solar Home Systems that commences this week will be expected to pay about N4,000 monthly, the presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on [...]
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has approved the payment of stipends to the exiting N-Power beneficiaries under one of its National Social Investment Programmes. The Honourable Minister stated on Monday, 24th August [...]
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has insisted that the new increment on electricity tariff would take off in July. He stated this on Tuesday at the Investigative Public Hearing on Power Sector Recovery Plan and the impact of COVID-19 [...]
The Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman, has stated that the entire country currently enjoys between 18 to 24 hours of power every day. Mamman, who spoke in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), maintained that the President [...]
About 500,000 persons engaged in Nigeria’s social investment programme N-Power will have to look elsewhere for means of livelihood as the government is set to terminate their existing engagement. Their current engagement, spokesperson for the humanitarian affairs, disaster management and [...]
The Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) on Wednesday said they have aligned with the federal government to provide a two-month rebate of free electricity to Nigerians nationwide. In a statement by the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy at the Association of [...]
The Federal Government has given reasons why beneficiaries of its youth empowerment programme, N-Power have not been paid their monthly stipends. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, explained that the delay in paying N-Power beneficiaries [...]
Some stakeholders in the power sector, yesterday, expressed serious worry over a bill at the National Assembly aiming to criminalise estimated billing of electricity consumers by distribution companies, stressing that the proposed law will not work. The industry players, who [...]
An official has disclosed that the federal government is working on how to disengage over 200,000 N-Power beneficiaries. According to reports, the president’s senior special assistant on social investment, Maryam Uwais, during an interview with NTA, said she is discussing [...]
The Nigerian government, between 1999 and 2010, reportedly spent over N4.7 trillion on power, but the country remained in darkness. Eight years later, Jonathan and Buhari administrations invested another N1.164 trillion into the sinkhole through capital releases, but homes and [...]
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