Tuesday, 19th March 2024
To guardian.ng
Search

Energy

13 Mar
Nigeria, despite being one of Africa’s largest economies, grapples with significant disparities in electricity access between urban and rural communities.   
6 Mar
Nigeria’s population has been projected to more than double in the coming decade. This development is expected to among other implications escalate energy demand and increase pressure on revenue.
28 Feb
The passage of the new Electricity Bill by President Bola Tinubu requiring generation companies to pay five per cent of their yearly operating expenses for the previous year to fund host communities’ development has started generating mixed reactions.
28 Feb
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has implemented an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for a pipeline route survey in the Niger Delta.
28 Feb
Chapel-Hill Denham has obtained $7.4 million in securitised financing to improve off-grid electricity in Nigeria.The funding, expected to expedite the growth of sustainable and accessible energy solutions
28 Feb
Nigeria may be losing about 40 per cent of electricity generation to theft even as the metering of over eight million consumers remained a challenge. 
28 Feb
Nigeria and other African countries will need $200 billion annually until 2030, to achieve their energy-related development goals. Deputy Coordinator, Power Africa, Chris Foley
21 Feb
An electricity consumer group, All Electricity Consumer Protection Forum, said the current Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu is performing below expectations.
21 Feb
Despite pushing for a cost-reflective tariff in the country and improved revenue in the sector, the federal government, alongside its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), owes electricity bills worth over N100 billion.
21 Feb
The National President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA-Nigeria), Princewill Okorie, said the attention of the players in the Nigerian electricity sector should be on improving the quality of service in the market, not on tariff hikes. 
21 Feb
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has initiated an entrepreneurship and empowerment scheme in jewelry making with support from the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) project to train youths across Nigeria.
15 Feb
Nigeria’s electricity pricing has remained contentious over the years, as some stakeholders argue that the current pricing model does not effectively cover the costs of generation, transmission, and distribution.
14 Feb
Nigeria is facing a persistent electricity generation crisis as the grid remained below 3,500 megawatts despite an installed capacity of 13,000 megawatts. 

Latest

4 mins ago
Environmentalists in Cross River State have called for the protection of Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary and Drill Ranch in Buanchor community of Boki Council of the state.
4 mins ago
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with the leadership of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
4 mins ago
Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has criticised and condemned, in strong terms, the killing of soldiers on a peace mission to Okuoma, an Urhobo community in Ughelli South Council of Delta State. 
4 mins ago
Students of University of Calabar (UNICAL), yesterday, resisted an attempt by striking Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institution (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) to stop examinations from taking place.
4 mins ago
Ondo South Youths Forum (OSYF) has appealed to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to shelve his ambition to contest for the governorship seat in the interest of the Southern Senatorial District .
6 mins ago
Former Governor of Rivers State and Pro-Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Peter Odili, has said the institution is determined to produce professionals in healthcare.
8 mins ago
Stakeholders, yesterday, in Abuja raised concerns over Nigeria’s single-digit unemployment claim and the loopholes in unemployment data.
8 mins ago
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said developing regulations and policies to govern artificial intelligence (AI) deployment is complex as well as playing catch up due to technological advancements in this part of the world.
9 mins ago
Inflation rate has been projected to reach 32.77 per cent this month.
9 mins ago
The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has kicked against the imposition of payment of electronic call-up charges on importers after paying for vehicle entry permit (VEP) and tenure packing fees (TPF) to terminal operators, describing charges as double taxation.