Tag: electricity
I’ll provide electricity for businesses in Nigeria, says Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to provide electricity for businesses…
WAPIC 2014: Elumelu wants Power Transmission Company privatised
By Simon Ateba Africa’s business leader and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, said on Tuesday that Nigeria’s power transmission…
Power Supply: Jonathan Has Failed Nigeria —Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola says the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government has no excuse for failing to provide electricity…
Still Unhappy Citizenry After 54 Years Of Nationhood
By Odunayo Joseph On the 1st October of every year, it has become a norm for our country to celebrate…
Boko Haram: FG to restore power supply in Borno soon
The Federal Government said on Sunday that it was doing everything possible to restore power supply in Borno, following an…
Kwara plans Intergrated Power Plant to boost electricity
The Kwara State Government said on Friday that it planned to have an Integrated Power Plant to improve on electricity…
Aboru resident decries theft of transformer parts
Henry Ojelu Residents of Aboru in Agbado-Oke-Odo Local Community Development Area, LCDA have decried the stealing of vital parts of…
Electricity: Minister woos Chinese investors
The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, has said that the transmission sub-sector of Nigeria’s power sector was…
FG targets 5000mw of electricity, 370m gas by Dec
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to boost gas supply nationwide by 370 million metric cubic feet per day (mcf/d)…
2 Men Electrocuted
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Two middle-aged men have been electrocuted in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, northcentral Nigeria. The incident, which occurred…
Boost electricity supply, FG tells power companies
The Federal Government has urged private power firms to explore the use of embedded power generation to boost power supply,…
Company Set To Boost Power Supply
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHC) says it has concluded plans to handover distribution and transmission sub-stations to…
Ogun State Residents Lament Power Outage
Nkem Taiye-Ulebor Residents of Alagbole and Ajuwon in Ogun State have lamented the power outage which the community has been…
‘Blame FG For Power Failure’
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts (State), Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, has…
Nigeria gets 512mn euros from EU to improve power, security
The European Union (EU) has signed a financial agreement with the Federal Government to receive 512 million euros grant (N112…
EU set to solve Nigeria’s power problem
The European Union (EU) is to intervene in Nigeria’s power sector problems. Towards this end, the union is to sign…
Nigeria: Up up goes electricity tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday announced an increase in electricity tariff by between N1 and N5. NERC…
N31bn Lost Annually To Energy Wastage In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says an estimated N31 billion is being lost annually to energy wastage. This figure…
Lagos, Ehingbeti And Accelerated Power Delivery
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In the words of Harvey Firestone, foremost American Business man, “Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience…
Power Outage Stalls Sanusi’s Case
Akin Kuponiyi Power outage forced a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Friday to adjourn till 17…
Family Of 4, Others Electrocuted
Kazeem Ugbodaga A fallen high tension wire has electrocuted six people in Oworonshoki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The incident…
Time To Seek Alternative Power Sources
Despite the ongoing reforms in the electricity sector, power supply is yet to improve. The distribution companies (Discos) in particular…
IKEDC Opens New Call Lines
In line with its commitment to ensure an enhanced customer experience for electricity consumers within its coverage area, the Ikeja…
The Return Of Fuel Scarcity
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without doubt, the availability of petroleum, a major by-product of crude oil, is crucial to the continuous…
Steady Electricity: How Long Do We Wait?
By Kanayo Esinulo There was a huge joy among informed Nigerians when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was…
GE to invest $350mn in Nigeria’s power sector
General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria’s ailing power sector, the…
Transmission Hiccups
New owners of power distribution and generation companies face an arduous task on the way to stable electricity supply The…
PHCN Workers Threaten Showdown
Thousands of disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have threatened a showdown with the Federal Government,…
Lagos gets set to turn waste into electricity
(Reuters) – One thing Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos, one of the world’s largest, generates in abundance is trash. Now it…
Nigeria secures $1.6b foreign loan for electricity
Nigeria Federal Government said on Monday that it has secured US $1.6 billion loan from foreign institutions for the expansion…