Tag: electricity
3 power distribution centres opened
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday inaugurated three National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) Distribution Sub-Stations the under the Ibadan Electricity Distribution…
No Power For Houses Under High Tension Wire —PHCN
Management of Power Holding Company (PHCN) in Niger State has warned residents and property owners under high tension wires in…
On PHCN’s Fraudulent Tariff Regime
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Nigerians bear a lot of burden. Perhaps, they could, at best, be referred to as ‘beasts of…
Power Sector Tussle
Two power companies owned by Professor Barth Nnaji, former Minister of Power, take on the Bureau of Public Enterprises in…
Nigeria to sell 10 power plants
The Federal Government is set to privatise the 10 independent power plants built by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…
Abu Dhabi opens world’s largest solar power plant
Oil-rich Abu Dhabi on Sunday officially opened the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, which cost $600 million to…
President Jonathan And Electricity
“God willing, as we progress to 2013, improvements will become clearer. One advantage we have is that Nigeria has gas. Sometimes…
IBB, Otedola, Elumelu win bids for Nigeria’s power plants
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Amperion Power Distribution Limited, a consortium made up of Israeli-based BSG Resource Limited, State Grid Corporation of China…
Ikeja PHCN Begins Mass Installation Of Pre-Paid Meters
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company on Wednesday said it had started mass installation of pre-paid meters to customers within the…
Renewable Energy, The Best Alternative
With only about 47 per cent of Nigerians having access to electricity at the moment and a daily production wobbling…
Ibadan Residents Groan Under PHCN Extortionists
The residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, have called on the management of the Power Holding Company…
Lagos Court Conducts Proceedings With Torchlight
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja presided over by Justice Oke Opeyemi Ikeja today conducted its proceeding with torchlight due…
Nigeria Go Survive
There is so much to talk about that I don’t even know where to begin. Let me skip some experiences…
Nigerian minister promises better electricity June
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has accepted that there is a “gross” deficit in the electricity tariff in…
‘Provide Stable Electricity Before Increasing Tariff’
Mr. Bede Opara, President, Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), on Tuesday reiterated the need for adequate…
We Are Determined To Provide Sufficient Electricity — Lagos Lawmaker
Tired of waiting for the Federal Government to provide electricity for the country, the Lagos State Government is making plans…
Jonathan Must Resign If…
Unable to bear the effect of the country’s power challenges on his businesses, the Group Managing Director of SURU Group…
How NNPC Cripples Nigeria’s Gas To Electricity Aspirations.
Toyin Akinoso David Ige went through his forty- something slide presentation so quickly you almost could hear him gasp for…
Shell workers ‘blocked’ by protesters
Hundreds of Nigerian protesters blocked waterways in the Niger Delta to prevent Shell workers from reaching oil rigs. One protester…
CBN Doles Out N91 Billion to airlines
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has coughed out N91.93 billion to 15 airline projects in the country, the apex…
Public Power Supply Worsens
Public power supply has worsened in many states of the federation, especially in Lagos State, which accounts for 40 percent…
Pedal Power to the rescue in Rwanda
The lights Daniel Ntibaziyandemye uses for his nocturnal fishing trips are charged by pedal-powered generators that offer an affordable means…
Crisis Rocks Ondo School Of Nursing & Midwifery
Penultimate week, students of the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Akure, Ondo State, staged a peaceful demonstration to protest…
Nigeria: Power companies complain of bottlenecks
Ayorinde Oluokun/abuja Representatives and chief executive officers of independent power producers (IPPs) on Tuesday March 13, 2012 met with the…
South Africa Maps Out Wind Energy
South Africa on Tuesday launched its first verified wind atlas which maps out potential hotspots as a tool for wind…
PHCN Staff Killed Over N100 Levy
A staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has been stabbed to death over N100 levy. Sikiru Adedayo,…
Lagos Moves To Halt Urbanisation
The New Towns Development Authority, NTDA, a parastatal of the Lagos State Government has expressed the determination of the government…
Minister Raises Alarm Over N120m Bills
The newly appointed Minister of Sports and Chairman of National Sports Commission, Alhaji Suleiman Yusuf, has described as outrageous the…
UI Students Protest Over Water, Electricity
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, today protested on campus over lack of water and electricity, saying that they…
Nigerians Want Jonathan To Tackle Power Supply
Some civil servants in Abuja on Tuesday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfil his campaign promises by addressing electricity…