POWER

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has flagged off activities for the 2021 Customer Service week celebration. The Company in a statement by its General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, disclosed that the week-long event has been designed to reflect the theme of this year’s celebration which is Power of Service. He noted that this year’s customer service week is very ...

Ikeja Electric (IE), Nigeria’s largest Electricity Distribution company has announced the planned re-conductoring of 132KV lines embarked upon by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), aimed at expanding the capacity to wheel more power.The Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric (IE), Jide Kumapayi, who disclosed this while addressing journalists, said the upgrade by the TCN couldn’t have come at a better ...

L-R: Mrs. Obasuyi Amen, Chief Accountant, Edo State Oil & Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOPADEC),represented the Chairman EDSOGPADEC; Folorunsho Afolabi, Managing Director, Seplat West Ltd; and Chief Victor Uzamere, the Obadolaye of Benin Kingdom; His Royal Highness, Odoligie Frederick Ogiemwonyi, the Enogie of Oben; and Emmanuel Otokhine, Base Manager, Western Assets, Seplat Energy Plc, at the commissioning ceremony of ...

The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, has urged stakeholders in the power sector to synergise to give Nigerians a stable, affordable and constant electricity supply. The minister stated this in a statement by Mr Austin Asoluka, Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Power, in Abuja on Thursdays. The minister stated this in an interactive session with the Distribution Companies (DISCOS) ...

The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 61st Independence Anniversary. The Chief Operating Officer of the Company (COO), John Ayodele, in a statement said that every anniversary of Nigeria’s independence is a unique privilege to re-commit to the service of this great country with profound diversities and opportunities. Ayodele ...

The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for second reading, a Bill for an Act to repeal the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act 2005. Presenting the lead debate on general principles of the bill, its sponsor Sen. Gabriel Suswan (PDP-Benue) said that the bill seeks among other reasons to repeal the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005. He said the ...

………..declaring it is the happiest day in his life ……….. The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) groundbreaking ceremony of 50 MW gas power plant in Maiduguri, Borno State has given Gov. Babagana Zulum some sense of excitement as he declared that it is one of his happiest day in life. Zulum described the groundbreaking ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs ...

With the inadequacy of the national grid to meet the growing electricity needs of Nigerians, some operators have advocated the decentralization of the grid to allow sub-national entities to generate and distribute electricity.To achieve this, they asked that power generation and distribution should be removed from the exclusive list and moved to the concurrent list One of such stakeholders, Kola ...

The Senate Committee on Local Content on Monday, received the report of the Financial Sub-Committee of the Mambila Hydro-Electric Power Projects (HEPP). The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Teslim Folarin, received the report in Abuja as presented by Mr Muhammad Mustapha, Consultant to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Mambilla HEPP, Local Content. Receiving the report, Folarin said that the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigeria needs over $400bn to fund its critical energy needs. The President said that $300bn would be needed for electricity generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure while $116bn would fund buildings, industry and transport facilities in a statement quoted by Bloomberg. The report also said Buhari did not include a timeframe for the spending plan ...