Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Senegal and Mauritania lead investment across supply and demand driven projects Africa is an exciting frontier in the global natural gas sector. The continent holds 7.1 percent of proven global gas reserves and is expected to contribute nearly 10 percent of global production growth through to 2024. On the demand…
Shittu Oluwadamilola – Abuja President Muhammad Buhari has approved the sum of N600 billion as another intervention fund for the power sector. The Market Operator, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Edmond Eje, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, while speaking on the sidelines of the third MO interactive stakeholders’ forum. “The plan is at an…
Nigeria’s leading Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric (IE) has signed an agreement with Magodo Resident Association to invest in electricity infrastructure in the Estate as well as provide reliable and quality electricity supply to the residents. The contract, which is in line with the company’s Premium Power Purchase Agreement, was signed at the association’s community…
Jumoke Adelabu – Abuja Ongoing efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to provide qualitative healthcare services to Nigerians in all walks of life received a major boost over the weekend with the formal accreditation of the NNPC Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The accreditation which granted the…
By Oke Peter The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), Mr Chiedu Ugbo, has said the firm has completed 100 transmission and distribution projects across the country in the last four years. Chiedu disclosed this at the inauguration of a 2x60MVA, 132/33kV substation and associated 132kV transmission lines…
. Oke Peter with Agency ReportThere are strong indications that the Federal Government is considering repossession of 10 electricity distribution firms as one of the options to rescue the nation’s beleaguered electricity industry. This is coming ahead of the scheduled final performance review of the private firms that bought into the distribution companies carved out…
This November, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will slug it out with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the gubernatorial position in oil-rich Bayelsa and the central state of Kogi. In the general polls earlier this year, elections for governor held in only 29 of the country’s 36 states due to a calendar distorted…
UNMISS Head of Field Office in Kuajok Anastasie Nyirigira Mukangarambe thanked all partners that supported the project and hoped that the Radio station would make impact A 300-watt solar panel system funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) through its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) has been handed over to authorities of Gogrial…
The six-year electricity deal signed by the Federal Government and Germany-based Siemens AG in July will cost more than N1.15 trillion to execute. The Punch has reported. The three-phase Nigerian electrification project which aims to achieve 25,000 megawatts of electricity in the country by 2025 will require more than N1.15 trillion to execute, according to…
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, is to lead other team of discussants to analyse topical issues in oil and gas industry at the 2019 edition of the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) annual conference. The event, which is scheduled to hold at the…
