Tag: electricity
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…
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…