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Atiku : How I Will Lead Nigeria Out Of Current Electricity Challenges

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
Power grid begins gradual recovery after nationwide blackout Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Abubakar Atiku, yesterday outlined how he willRead More

New Senate Bill Allows States To Generate, Distribute Electricity

Nigerian Senate
Lawmakers pass Nigeria Start-up bill Confirm Joe Ohiani as ICRC DG The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would allow states to generate and distribute electricity. The bill’s passage wasRead More

4-Year Blackout: Court Orders Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC To Pay Delta Community N20 Million Compensation, Reconnect Electricity

Law court
A Delta state High Court sitting at Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government of the state has ordered the Benin Electricity Development Company (BEDC) to pay N20 million as compensation toRead More

FG: $60bn Needed To Aid Access To Reliable Electricity, Clean Cooking Facilities In Eight Years

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva
Says PIA capable of provoking, triggering commercial interests, investments in gas utilisation The federal government yesterday stated that Sub-Saharan Africa could require as much as $60 billion to access reliableRead More

Siemens Deal: Electricity Supply Equipment To Begin Arriving From Germany In September

Electricity power plants
FGN Company assures of additional 2,000MW The much-awaited actual take-off of the Siemens power deal is expected to experience a major leap in September, when electricity equipment like transformers andRead More

NERC: Why Discos Are Unable To Raise Money For Capital Spending

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
AFG, World Bank, others target December to eliminate tariff shortfalls Cut under-recovery from N1.8trn to N247bn The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said yesterday that the inability of the DistributionRead More

Grid Collapse: Lawmakers Lambast Power Minister, Demand Improved Electricity Supply

Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu
Say Nigerians want actions not theories Mull return of NBET to power ministry Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power yesterday criticised the Minister of Power, Abubakar AliyuRead More

NDPHC To Restore 800mw To Power Grid To Boost Supply

Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC)
TCN: System collapse dropped available capacity to 3500mw as of Monday All electricity consumers to be metered in three years, says NERC Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has saidRead More

Nigeria’s Power Minister Lists Steps Taken To Address Poor Electricity Supply Nationwide

Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu
Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, on Saturday said the “emergency meeting” the government held with stakeholders in the sector to address the lingering blackout experienced nationwide had started to yieldRead More

Power Outage, Fuel Scarcity: President Apologises To Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari
Says govt would soon restore normalcy FG working earnestly to resolve grid collapse NERC: Gas pipelines vandalism, not non-payment of Gencos, responsible for worsening supply Subsidy slumps to N30bn inRead More