Power projects worth over N2 trillion are yet to be completed, or awarded but yet to start in different parts of the country, according to an investigation by Daily Trust. Over the years, the Nigeria’s power sector appeared to defy solutions aimed at providing sufficient and sustainable electricity supply to the country’s over 230 million populace. Experts believe that no …

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said on Friday that many parts of the Nigerian capital will be without electricity for 16 days. The AEDC, the sole grid electricity provider to the Nigerian capital, said there would be power interruption between 6 and 21 January in some parts of Abuja. It made this known in a statement posted via its …

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that the increasing incidents of vandalism targeting critical power transmission equipment hindered the achievement of the ambitious goal to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity by December 2024. He explained that the government had implemented measures to reach the milestone and was on track until multiple incidents of vandalism to electricity towers disrupted …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced an impending power interruption in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday. TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. She said that on Sunday, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., maintenance work would be carried out on one of the 60MVA power transformers …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that one of its critical infrastructures, the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, has been vandalised, making this incident the sixth of its kind this year. It said key components of the conductor between towers T216 and T218 were stolen by the vandals. A statement by the General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, …

Kaduna electricity consumers have demanded compensation for the persistent collapse of the country’s national grid and the state’s epileptic power supply. The customers made the demand at a three-day customers’ complaint summit organised by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) held in Kaduna, on Thursday. The Head of Manufacturing, R.H. Plastics Limited, Sanjeev Kumar, and another worker of the firm, …

The House of Representatives has mandated electricity distribution companies (DisCos), to undertake a N500 billion recapitalisation to enhance their financial stability and ensure they can efficiently meet their obligations to the public. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion, titled “Need to Address the Activities of Distribution Companies in Nigeria”, sponsored by the member representing the Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency …

The Benue State Government says it is working on enacting an electricity law to regulate the state energy sector. The Commissioner for Transport, Renewable Energy, and Power, Mr Omale Omale, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi. Omale said that a draft of the bill was at the Ministry of Justice for …

The Federal Government said it required $10 billion Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) investment in the power sector, in the next five to 10 years, to achieve 24 hours power supply. Receiving the Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, on a courtesy visit, the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu said that government alone, could not afford the …

Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) has backed the recent stand of the Northern Governors Forum, and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over the blackout in the region. In a statement, the President of the movement, Dr, Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu said. “We at NSNCM are in full support with the recent communique issued at the Northern State Governors Forum meeting …