The first solar cell manufacturing facility in Nigeria will have its foundation laid on today by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and other notable Nigerians. The facility is an important component in solar panel production utilised for solar energy generation. The plant when fully operational will be one of the largest Solar Cell Production plants in Africa. Managing Director …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 50 megawatts (MW) Maiduguri emergency power project. Speaking at the occasion on Thursday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, Buhari said the project was a testament to his administration’s innovations in the power sector. He said the project showed yet another example of an immediate solution to moving the power sector forward in order …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N39.6 billion for various transmission line contracts in the power sector. The council meeting, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, was held on Wednesday. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu said the various projects comprise several amounts, including an offshore component of $53 million and …

Geometric Power Limited, Nigeria’s foremost integrated power firm, has just scored a bull’s eye by going out of its way to reconcile two groups of residents in a housing estate in Aba, the Abia State’s economic nerve centre, where it is based. The crisis in the Silent Spring Estate, comprising at least 52 houses of various sizes, has recorded some …

Egbin Power Plc has inducted 27 young engineers after successfully completing the company’s Graduate Engineering Programme. This is in line with its commitment to sustainably drive human capital development in the power sector. The 2022 graduates are the third batch of the trainee programme. The 12-month comprehensive developmental programme, run in collaboration with Energy Training Centre (ETC), is an immersive …

A group of entrepreneurs and customers of Ikeja Electric Plc in Lagos State at weekend sent an SOS to the Minister of Power, while accusing the electricity distribution company of desperate attempts to crush their operations. Specifically, the complainants accused the officials of the energy supplier, believed to be the largest electricity distribution company in Nigeria, of threatening to ‘’forcefully …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported on Thursday that eight power transformers supported by the World Bank through the Nigeria Electricity Transmission and Access Project (NETAP) arrived at Apapa Ports in Lagos. NETAP is an initiative of the Federal Government and its partners with the objective to increase the evacuation capacity of the transmission network in Nigeria. TCN’s General …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (PTD– NUPENG) has threatened a strike over the illegal activities and high-handedness of some security agents, particularly the  Military Task Force in the Port Harcourt zone of the Union. This may end the relief being experienced by Nigerians at Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol retail …

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to make petrol available at the official pump price of 180/litre, saying Nigerians cannot continue to pay for the product at higher prices. In a New Year message made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the labour union stated that the year 2022 was quite challenging on virtually all …

Oil marketers on Sunday said that the Federal Government should evacuate and dispense the products currently trapped in the depots which were shut down recently by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Marketers said that the products should be dispensed at the regulated rate of N148/litre to help address the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly called …