The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revealed how additional 3,000 megawatts of electricity can be generated from the current gas being flared in the country. The means of generating more megawatts of electricity is contained in DPR’s report made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at a workshop organised for energy journalists in […]
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The Federal Government said that electricity generation from hydro sources could reach 19,000 megawatts if fully harnessed. The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the 2018 Seminar on “Construction and Management of Water Conservancy and Hydro-power Project’’ organised by the Chinese Government in Abuja on Tuesday. The two-week seminar aims […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to immediately step in to ensure that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) improve on their distribution equipment and increase capacity to enable them optimize the use of electrical resources by the Generation Companies (GenCos). Fashola, who spoke […]
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The federal government has committed to invest N72 billion for the procurement and installation of equipment to help distribute unused 2,000 MegaWatts (MW) of electricity to consumers in the country. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. He said the 2,000MWs was from […]
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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has attributed the current power outage on its network to what it called system collapse of the National Grid. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, said on Monday that the outage which occurred about 2.27 p.m. on Sunday affected Ajah, Akangba and Agbara transmission […]
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The senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria has “more electricity” that cannot be consumed. He made the above assertion when he attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians who no longer had access loot the public treasury. Shehu said this on Monday […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the epileptic power supply which started over 24 hours ago in parts of the country is due to a gas pipeline rupture. The rupture, TCN said, resulted in the shut down of six power stations. In a statement on Sunday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN spokesperson, said the sharp drop […]
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The Federal Government says it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37billion to a private sector operator to supply meters to interested Distribution Companies (DisCos). Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the 28th monthly meeting of power stakeholders in […]
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Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) strongly commended the Board and management for Transcorp’s impressive contribution to transforming the Nigerian power sector, through its power subsidiary, Transcorp Power. The commendations were received at the 12th Annual General Meeting of Transcorp, held on April 30th 2018, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The shareholders were responding to Transcorp’s […]
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The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company has promised to ensure uninterrupted power supply within its operational territory throughout the Easter holiday. The promise was contained in a statement by Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC. He said that the company was aware of the high expectations of customers to enjoy steady power […]
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