Power Updates

Africa Oil Week welcomes the continent’s biggest investors to attend event London, UK (06 September 2018) –  Africa Oil Week (AOW) has announced their partnership with SuperReturn. This new partnership offers delegates attending…

The World Bank Group is set to consider its planned expenditure on projects it had identified to fund in the transmission expansion and upgrade plan of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the interim head of TCN, Mr. Usman Mohammed…

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Tuesday disclosed that the amount of electricity required by its members to carry out their respective manufacturing operations daily has risen to 14,882 megawatts (MW), most of which it…

The Rural Electrification Agency has commenced the electrification of major markets across the country with solar powered systems. According to the agency, the project is part of the Federal Government’s Energising Economies Initiative,…

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company, a firm owned by the three tiers of government, commenced the construction of a N5.53bn power transmission and transformation substation on Tuesday. The NDPHC said the station, which is being…

With the generation of power crucial to the nation’s economy, the share of it is set to rise by 20 per cent in 2035. This was made by known by the Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Austin Avuru…

The national electricity grid collapsed six times within a period of eight days this month, latest data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria has revealed. According to the generation statistics of the Nigeria Electricity…

In line with its High 5 development priorities and, in particular, its agenda to Light up and power Africa, the African Development Bank plans to reach 29.3 million people in Africa with electricity by 2020. The President…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is working to grant a 15-year license to Meter Asset Providers (MAP) in order to speed up metering across the 11 Distribution Companies. In a draft regulation obtained by…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria regrets to announce that activities of wood loggers in Ukana town, by Nineth Mile-Nsukka road, Enugu, have damaged the transmission line between Oji River and Nsukka in Enugu State, cutting off…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Friday, January 19, said it would rely on the legal processes it has initiated to recover about $75.5 million owed it over a period of 11 years by two indigenous telecommunications firms – Alheri…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded two days of high-level consultations with the World Bank Group on the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP). The measures that will be implemented through 2021 are targeted at…

Settling a debt for power supplied, Niger and Benin have paid Nigeria $64 million (CFA35 billion). This was disclosed by Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria’s minister of power. Last May, the two countries which get power from Nigeria, paid about…