Category: Electricity

NERC probes DisCos after 38 deaths, 19 injuries in Q2 incidents

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into all electricity distribution companies after...

Soludo inaugurates commission to regulate Anambra electricity

Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has inaugurated a five-member Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, in...

REA targets 17.5m Nigerians with new electricity programmes

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has said that the agency...

FG to kick out poorly perfoming DisCos – Power minister

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Monday declared that the Federal Government will...

GenCos alarmed over exclusion from N4tn debt reconciliation

The Association of Power Generation Companies has expressed concern over their exclusion from the Federal...

Nigeria@65: Experts urge FG to resolve electricity liquidity crisis

As Nigeria marks 65 years of independence, stakeholders in the power sector have voiced concerns...

Nigeria’s power supply drops as oil workers’ strike disrupts grid

The Nigerian Independent System Operator has reported “major generation shortfalls” on the national grid following...

Power supply drops below 4,000MW amid Dangote-PENGASSAN rift

Nigeria’s power supply has dropped below the 4,000 megawatt threshold on Tuesday morning due to...

300m Africans to get electricity by 2030 — World Bank

Seventeen African governments have committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as...

Kaduna power outage due to tower collapse, vandalism — TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has attributed a power outage in parts of Kaduna South...

Nigeria partners Dutch firm on 1GW solar factory

Nigeria has partnered with a Dutch firm, Solarge BV, to establish a one-gigawatt solar panel...

Eight million Nigerians granted electricity access – REA

The Rural Electrification Agency has provided electricity access to about eight million Nigerians under the...