Month: February 2023

Energy demands in Nigeria and other African countries and the need to address the challenge have continued to attract the attention of prominent stakeholders in the oil and gas industry. SUCCESS NWOGU writes Energy demand in Nigeria The Association of […]

GE Gas Power is targeting to add 500 megawatts (MW) of additional power into the national electricity grid by the second quarter of this year when its ongoing projects should have been completed, the President and Chief Executive Officer, GE […]

Obinna Chima highlights issues that Nigeria’s next president must address to fix the country’s ailing power sector and improve electricity supply to homes and businesses. Nigerians are expected to troop out this Saturday to perform their civic responsibility of electing […]

Dike Onwuamaeze The Chairman of Geometric Power Group, Professor Bart Nnaji, has declared that Nigerians still perceive free electricity supply as their own share of the country’s proverbial national cake, despite the takeover of the running cost of power supply […]

The Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution (BEDC) Plc. has expressed its readiness to partner with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Benin Region, to light up the four states within its coverage areas. Henry Ajagbawa, the Managing Director of […]

The huge metering gap remains a major challenge in the power sector, as data shows that the electricity distribution firms have achieved just a 39 per cent metering rate since the privatisation of the sector in 2013. Federal Government privatised […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has completed 22 power transmission substation, line, transformer projects and upgrades since 2020, records have shown. According to project tracking records seen yesterday, the company delivered four units of 132 kilovolts (kV) transmission substations, […]

With the newly increased electricity tariffs and stable market indices, the income of the electricity distribution companies may swell in 2023, OPEOLUWANI AKINTAYO writes The complaints that have often characterised the revenues of electricity distribution companies may begin to reduce this year, […]

Mr. Edu Okeke is the managing director of Azura Power West Africa Limited. Okeke joined Azura in 2014 as its chief operating officer before becoming deputy managing director in 2016. Prior to joining Azura, Okeke had already charted a stellar […]

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ), have berated the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC ) on the persistent power outages being experienced in the territory. The residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]