Federal Government’s efforts at providing the nation’s ivory towers with uninterrupted electricity came to life yesterday with the unveiling of the solar hybrid power plant at Bayero University, Kano (BUK).

Fifty coal-fired power plants have shut in the United States since President Donald Trump came to office two years ago, an environmental organization said Thursday. The Sierra Club counted 50 closures, along with 51 announcements of closure, since Trump was sworn into office in January 2017. The numbers are distinct because it sometimes takes years…

The proposed plan by the Federal Government to construct a nuclear power plant by mid 2020 would offer Nigerians a cheaper and stable source of electricity pricing, in the long run, borne out of lower operating costs. This was disclosed by the Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Viktor Polikarpov, at…

The lamentation expressed recently by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, that 90 million Nigerians lack electricity supply was corroborated by the disgust expressed by the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs. Winnifred Oyo Ita, that Nigeria still suffers epileptic power supply because the power distributing companies (DISCOs), have no…

The Federal Government yesterday gave approval for the setting up of an Independent Power Plant at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the Federal Capital Territory to end the challenge of power supply to the airport. At the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in 2018, it also approved the rehabilitation of the Enugu/Oturkpo road…

“The (fertiliser) plant we are trying to build will cost $250 million, while the power plant will cost about $300 million. It is new day in Ologbo, we are going to build this new plant without looking for money because we have the money to build the plants. “The only thing we are asking the community is to cooperate with us, work with us, so that we can employ over 600 people in this community. The first time I came to Edo, I came to Ologbo and I have never had any problem with this community, so I am very grateful to you for that.”