The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, is wooing investors into the country’s struggling electricity sector, especially the transmission segment, where perennial system failure disrupts power supply to homes and industries.

The Federal Government, yesterday, commenced the first Network Development Studies training under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) as part of efforts to address challenges in the distribution..

Poised to improve electricity supply to rural and urban settlements, the Federal Government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sokoto and Bauchi state...

The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has assured that the 215MW Kudenda Power Station in Kaduna State, which has reached 80 per cent completion, will be completed before end of 2022. According to him, when the electricity project is completed, it will boost industrial production in the country and revive comatose industries. Speaking during an…

The Federal Government, yesterday, attributed the prevailing epileptic power supply in the country to neglect by past authorities that paid scanty attention to the development of the sector.

Nigeria stands being thrown into darkness this festive season, as shortage of gas might force most generation companies to shut down.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it will intensify efforts on repositioning the company as a world class transmission service provider in line with its vision, mission and core values.

The long-awaited Nigeria-Siemens electricity programme captured in the Presidential Power Initiative (PIP) is being fast tracked to deliver about 7,000 megawatts of electricity before the end of next year.

Experts in the power sector are expected to review and create action plans aimed at unlocking the bottlenecks hindering the sector in Nigeria.

There are indications that the Federal Government may, in the coming weeks, take punitive measure over the operating licences of some power distribution (DisCos) and generation (GenCos) companies.

The Federal Government has admitted that grid-related challenges impede the dispatch of the nation’s 13, 000 megawatts electricity.

Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc has stated that it processes an average of N60 billion worth of electricity monthly from the national grid, translating to about N720 billion every year.