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.