•Powerplant Geregu Nigeria’s power generation capacity remained significantly underutilised in December 2025, with grid-connected plants operating at just 38 per cent availability. The development, which shows persistent structural weaknesses in the country’s electricity value chain after years of reform, comes at a time when the country is im...
•Power transmission line The Nigerian state has been experiencing electricity power challenges since the 1980s, and in recent periods, there have been numerous incidents of “National Grid” collapses. To find a lasting solution to the nation’s electricity blackout issue, the federal government has encouraged states within the federation to inve...
Nigeria’s economy is reeling from the escalating strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), which has stalled oil and gas exports, disrupted petroleum supply, and left power plants starved of gas. By midday yesterday, national electricity generation had dropped to approximately 2,700 megawatts, nea...
Efforts by the federal government to ramp up power generation seem to be suffering a setback following the refusal of the electricity distribution companies to off-take the power allocated to them. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, decried the rejection of power by electricity distribution companies, describing it as regrettable, reports...
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