The Federal Government has revealed that it has concluded plans to generate the sum of N90 billion ($219 million) from the sales of mostly government-owned power assets under its National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) to help part-finance the 2022 budget. […]
Day: 7 October 2021
Osun Assembly Summons DisCo Over Power Outage in Osun Community
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed a motion to summon the Managing Director of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over the power […]
Nigeria’s Solar Power Project to Create 250,000 Jobs—Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, has claimed that the country’s new solar power project is set to create about 250,000 jobs, electrify five million homes and give 25 million Nigerians access to clean electricity. Mr Osinbajo made this disclosure […]
Varsities Groan Under Huge Electricity Bills
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu PHOTO:Twitter Educational institutions across the country are groaning under huge electricity bills as a result of high tariffs. They are calling on government to find a way out to save them from the burden of […]
Can Nigeria Survive the Global Energy Transition?
As the global society pushes towards a sustainable future, the need to transition from fossil-based systems of energy to zero-carbon systems have become imminent. Energy transition in simple terms is the move of energy production and consumption from sources that […]
