By Oke Peter Following the federal government’s approval of its power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), promoters of the 550 megawatts (MW) capacity Ondo gas-fired Independent Power Project (IPP), have said the plant is projected to supply power to the national grid from the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020. Speaking…
By Oke Peter There was shoot-out between Naval personnel and vandals at Ilado-Odo/Inagbe beach in Idi-Mangoro area of Lagos, weekend. It lasted for over an hour. Jerrycans and charms (inset) recovered by Naval personnel at the site of pipeline vandalism in Lagos. The Naval personnel had stormed the island, based on intelligence that vandals were …
By Oke Peter THE Senate has taken a swipe at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, for spending a whopping N738 million to clear abandoned goods at the port. The attack came when TCN Managing Director, Usman Gur Mohammed, disclosed the expenditure at a budget defence session with the Committee on on Power, Steel Development…
The two countries signed a €100 million ($118 million) bilateral Investment and Reform Partnership agreement to promote private investment in renewable energy and vocational training in Ghana. According Ghanaian government, the agreement is part of Germany’s G-20 Compact with Africa for sustainable economic development. The partnership with Ghana is aimed towards improving conditions for sustainable…
The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing wishes to restate that the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) of the Federal Government is aimed at rejuvenating the nation’s education system by providing uninterrupted power supply to a total of 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals.This clarification has become necessary in the light of the misrepresentation…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclaimed the allegation that its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, had ever stated in any fora that the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, “directed the Corporation to keep the sum of N50billion away from the Treasury Single Account (TSA).”NNPC wishes to state that the…
By Oke Peter Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some marketers in Kano. The NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Ughamadu stated that the team was set up to…
By Oke Peter Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some marketers in Kano. The NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Ughamadu stated that the team was set up to…
By Oke Peter Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some marketers in Kano. The NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Ughamadu stated that the team was set up to…
By Oke Peter The Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, on Thursday questioned the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) over a N10 billion solar power projects for nine universities in the country. Committee Chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who led the budget defence session of agencies under the committee said it was unbelievable that REA…
