Category: Power

By Energy Worth Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has reiterated the commitment of the green chamber to utilising every necessary legislative tool in solving challenges bedevilling the power sector. He made this known on Wednesday while speaking at an investigative hearing by the House committee on power on the need to…

By Energy Worth The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, said on Monday that the frequent hike in electricity tariff was injustice to Nigerians, who had become accustomed to living without regular power supply. He observed that the tariff hike was in spite of the N123bn bailout the Federal Government gave the…

By Energy Worth The  Miners’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) has disclosed that the forthcoming third edition of the Nigeria Mining Week (NMW) will provide practical business know-how and updates that will enhance mining activities in Nigeria. The event will hold between 15 and 18 October, 2018 at the Nigerian Air Force Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria….

By Energy Worth THE Federal Government, on Wednesday, disclosed moves to complete Farin Ruwa dam project in Nasarawa State including generation of 20 megawatts of electricity from it when completed. This was made known by the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Dr Musa Ibrahim, during a meeting with a delegation of…

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) yesterday said it has spent more than N10 billion on the procurement and installation of prepaid meters to its customers as part of efforts to end estimated billings in its area of coverage. The company also announced that it inherited more than 700,000 unmetered customers when it took over from…

By Energy Worth The confrontation between the power distribution companies and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, continued on Sunday, with the Discos firing back at the minister, accusing him of spending taxpayers’ money on misguided projects. Responding to Fashola’s recent statements against its members, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED),…

By Oke Peter Organiser of the Australia’s largest and most comprehensive clean and renewable energy exhibition and conference, All-Energy Australia, Reed Exhibitions, has announced that the 10th edition of Exhibition and Conference will hold between 3rd and 4th October, 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The 2018 edition, organized in partnership with Clean…

By Energy Worth Most of the statements made last week Monday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, about the power sector are false, according to the electricity distribution companies. They said on Tuesday that comments made by the minister on metering, power generation and transmission capacities and stranded electricity, among others,…

By Energy Worth A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Akwa Ibom State Government and BlackRhino, operators of Qua Iboe Power Plant, QIPP, for the establishment of a transmission line and a power plant in the state Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and the Managing Director of QIPP who arrived from…

By Enegrgy Worth A boy, identified as Benedict Sani, has been electrocuted in the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred in Eyaen community at about 1pm on Thursday. It was said that the deceased was a teenager and a pupil of Eyaen Secondary School. It was learnt…