Tag: electricity
FG, World Bank join forces to deliver 3.45 million electricity meters nationwide
The initiative, backed by both FAAC funding and international support, marks a significant step toward modernising Nigeria’s power system and…
Nigeria’s Electricity Grid hits record-breaking milestones in 2025
In addition to this peak, the grid achieved its highest daily energy generation and transmission records on the same day,…
Ukraine to resume electricity exports to Europe
An export of a maximum of 400 megawatts to the European energy grid had been agreed. Ukraine was connected to…
Nigerians spend N7T on electricity generators yearly
Nigerians and their businesses spend about N7 trillion annually on o electricity generators, a renewable energy expert, Mr Stephen Ogboko…
Osun residents lament epileptic power supply
Some residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital and surrounding towns are lamenting over the epileptic power supply they have…
World Bank to boost electricity in Nigeria with $500m
The World Bank has approved the sum of $500m to Nigeria to boost access to electricity and improve the performance…
Insurgents destroy electricity tower, blackout hits Maiduguri
Residents of Maiduguri and environs have been thrown into lingering blackout following the destruction of one of the towers supplying…
Nigeria’s power sector and push for brighter days
The power sector is a critical aspect of the economy, and getting it right will help transform Nigeria into an…
How to solve electricity challenges
A Howard University Professor of Mechanical/Energy Engineering, Prof. Sylvester Egwu, has highlighted how the Federal Government can resolve challenges impeding…
GenCos release 3,480 MWH of electricity
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations said they released an average of 3,480 MegaWatts of electricity into…
Nigerian Govt, Siemens sign Electricity Agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday witnessed the signing of Electricity Road Map agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and…
Court orders release of payment details to fraudulent electricity contractors
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the “immediate release of details of payments…
20% of Nigerian communities without light are in Nasarawa – Director
Country Director of Solar Nigeria, Mr Tobi Oluwatola, has revealed that 20% of the communities without electrification in Nigeria are…
Nigerian Govt to increase supervision of Discos
The Federal Government says its representatives on the Board of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) has been increased from one to…
NERC seeks academic researches to improve electricity
To really address the Nigeria’s intractable energy crisis, the Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof James Momoh, has…
Stemming the crisis at NBET and solving our electricity problem
By Chido Onumah In the last one year, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) has been embroiled in a…
Electricity: Association calls for review on privatization
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC) has called for review and sanction of violators on electricity…
Electricity: Kwara government partners IBEDC
The Kwara Government says it is partnering with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to restore electricity in 32 communities…
Trader allegedly dupes electricity consumers
A trader, Victoria Anifowoshe, 54, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with defrauding some electricity consumers of…
UNN sets record of electricity generation with organic waste
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday set the record of electricity generation by using organic waste to install…
Britain targets offshore wind to generate electricity by 2030
Britain plans to generate a third of its electricity from offshore wind farms by 2030 and boost the value of…
FCT community laments poor electricity supply, faulty meters
Residents of Aleita community on Airport road, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, have lamented poor electricity supply in their community…
Maiduguri residents protest against 24-hour electricity supply
Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have asked Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) to reduce 24-hour electricity supply they…
Makoko Community protests lack of electricity for 5 years
Residents of Apolo Community in Makoko area of Lagos State have embarked on peaceful protest over lack of electricity supply…
Driver beats electricity official over power disconnection
For allegedly beating up an electricity official and damaging his ladder, a 48-year-old driver, Isaac Alegbe, was on Wednesday brought…
1.5 megawatts: Sura market traders laud new power supply initiative
Traders at Sura market in Lagos on Tuesday commended Federal Government’s new Energising Economies Initiative (EEI) which supplied 1.5 megawatts…
Ilorin residents lament over a month blackout.
Thousands of residents in parts of Ilorin, the Kwara capital, on Friday said they were going through a lot of…
BEDC signs MoU to boost electricity in rural communities
The Benin Electricity and Distribution Company (BEDC), has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mountain Institute (RMI), Colorado, U.S.A and…
South Sudan to source electricity from neighbouring countries
South Sudan will harness electricity power connection from neighbouring countries and build additional hydro power dams to boost its development…
Nigerian Govt working on generating more energy via geothermal sources
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it was working towards generating more energy through geothermal sources, to enhance Nigeria’s…