June 13, 2022
Nigeria: Blackout As Nigerian National Electricity Grid Breaks Down Again
The national electricity grid has collapsed again throwing the country into a widespread blackout the fifth time in 2022, Vanguard has learnt. Read more »
Nigeria: Electricity Workers Rubbish Atiku's Power Sector Agenda As Self-Serving
Workers in the nation's power sector, weekend, rubbished the agenda of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, describing it as… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Nigeria: Power Sector - Strike Looms Over Alleged Breach of Reform Act
Indications of growing restiveness in the Electricity industry have emerged over Federal Government and Power sector operators' alleged breach of Power Sector Reform Act, PSRA of… Read more »
Nigeria: Blackout Looms in Benue As Govt Seals Jos Disco Over Unpaid Taxes
The Benue State Government through its Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, has sealed up the offices of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JED, in the state and a cement… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Electricity Grid to Suffer More Collapse - Report
Except the Federal Government addresses the deficiency in its spinning reserve, volatile loads and poor investment from the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, the power sector may… Read more »
Nigeria: Lekoil Nigeria Kicks, As Savannah Energy Defies Court Injunction
Lekoil Nigeria Limited has asked the Federal High Court of Nigeria to punish Savannah Energy for contempt of court for proceeding with the Extraordinary General Meeting despite an… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Nigeria: Power Minister to TCN Board - Don't Impede Effort to Improve Electricity Supply
Viewed as the weakest link in Nigeria's electricity supply chain, the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has charged the new board of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Nigeria: Power Generation Hovers Around 3,699.60MW
Power generation dropped by 4.65 percent to 3,699.60 Megawatts, yesterday, with most parts of the country going without electricity supply. According to data from the Independent… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Price Rises 25% in 5 Months
The price of Liquefied Natural Gas, LPG, popularly known as cooking gas has risen by 25 percent between January and May 2022 in many parts of the nation. Read more »
May 25, 2022
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom, Firm Seal Deal for 732mw Ibom Power Plant Expansion
Akwa Ibom State government has firmed up an agreement with African Delta Power Limited to add additional 366 megawatts to the existing 191 megawatts to the state Ibom power plant. Read more »
May 23, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Boosts Power Supply to Kano, Katsina With 2 Sub-Stations
The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Engr. Sule Abdulaziz has assured that the company would deliver two units of 330kV power transmission substations… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Nigeria: Average Price for 5KG Cooking Gas Increases to N3,800.47 - NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price for refilling a 5kg gas cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased to N3,800.47 in April 2022. Read more »