POWER

Nigeria’s leading Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) as part of her efforts to ensure safety of equipment for stable electricity across its network, has collaborated with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Speaking during a meeting with the Lagos State NSCDC Command, the Head Legal and Regulatory, Ikeja Electric, Babatunde Osadare commended the agency and the ...

Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,says the multi million naira Tiga 10 Megawatts Hydro Power Station in Kano is completed and would be commissioned in six weeks. A statement by Malam Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Ganduje, disclosed that the multi million naira power station its currently on pre-commissioning test. He explained that Governor Ganduje was satisfied ...

The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc has assured customers across the network of its commitment to providing quality services during the Christmas holiday. The Managing Director of the Company, Mr Kingsley Achife stated this in a release made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Friday. Achife, while wishing all the company’s customers and Nigerians a merry Christmas ...

 Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (“EITI”) in support of EITI’s mission to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. EITI is a global standard for the good governance of oil, gas and ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that four hydropower projects with a combined capacity to inject 110 megawatts of electricity to the national grid had been completed. It also announced that 11 other hydropower projects with a total capacity of 3,750MW of electricity had been initiated, as work was currently ongoing at the various project sites. The Minister of Water Resources, ...

Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) says it plans to develop 100,000 solar home units across the country to ensure that every Nigerian has access to electricity. Managing Director of NDPHC, Mr Chiedu Ugbo, stated this in Calabar on Wednesday while delivering a keynote address at the 2022 Seminar for Power Correspondents. Ugbo said that NDPHC had also diversified into ...

Ikeja Electric Distribution company has arraigned a man named Christian Ejike Anigbo, before an Ikeja Magistrate Court and subsequently remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility for by-passing electric meter belonging to Ikeja Electric. According to an eye witness, Christian Ejike Anigbo was arrested on 28th November, 2022 by law enforcement agents at No. 3, Balogun Street, Off Obafemi Awolowo Way, ...

The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said that the current performance of the manufacturing sector suggests that it is not ‘Uhuru’ and emphasizes the need for a more proactive, broad and sector focused measures to address both the recent challenges thrown up by the Russian-Ukrainian war. The association in the executive summary of its Global and Nigerian Macroeconomic Highlights ...

Globeleq, Africa’s independent power company, has said that after a review of its strategy and portfolio, owners of the company has decided to transfer assets and interest of Globeleq Power Solutions Nigeria (GPSN) to Clean Energy Holdings Limited (CEHL). According to them the transfer relates to a group of assets which serve commercial and industrial customers mostly in the southwest ...

Nigeria’s leading independent power company, Aba Power Limited, has begun an aggressive metering programme to provide meters to all its customers in nine out of the 17 local government areas in Abia State where it supplies electric power. The Managing Director, Patrick Umeh, in a statement made available to journalists in Aba said: “The era of estimated bills given to ...