•Abure The Leadership of the Labour Party has strongly condemned the decision to sack the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) stakeholders meeting, describing it as an exercise in futility. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Pastor Obiora Ifoh, the ...
•Momodu and Wike A former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dele Momodu has accused Nyesom Wike of disloyalty to the party and claims. Even though the FCT minister is working under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, the president’s camp does not trust him, reports Channels TV. Wike, a former governor of [&he...
Major stakeholders in the hospitality business in Delta State have blamed the epileptic power supply, particularly in the Uvwie, Warri, Sapele, Ughelli, and Udu areas of the state, on power racketeering among officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and BEDC Plc. They alleged that some officials of TCN and BEDC are selling and [&...
Sixteen power plants are currently performing below capacity as the country grapples with the reality of constant national grid collapses. Data obtained from the electricity market operator (NERC) today, revealed that some power plants- Afam IV-V, Sapele ST, Olorunsogo NIPP, Omotosho NIPP, Sapele GT NIPP, Ihovbor NIPP, Geregu NIPP, Omotosho, O...
•A power transmission station Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and some areas in Kogi State are currently experiencing power outages due to technical glitches. The two areas are under the coverage of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, reports The PUNCH Yesterday, the AEDC informed its customers in Zamani Estate, ...
•Alex Otti Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said that with the recent inauguration of 181-megawatt geometric power plant in the state, power outages will be the exception rather than the rule. On Monday, Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the geometric power plant in Aba, the industrial hub of the state. The power plant […]...
•Governor Alex Otti Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has explained that a number of things contributed to the delay of the 181-megawatt geometric power plant in the Aba area of the state. “This is a project that was started in 2004” during the administration of Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, Otti of the Labour Party […]
•Atiku With the coming on stream of the 188mw Geometric Power Plant in Aba, Abia State, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stressed the need for the government to open up the entire power sector from generation to transmission for private investments. In a statement he issued today to commend those behind the power project, […]
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, has disconnected power supply to University College Hospital, UCH, in Ibadan, Oyo State, because of electricity debt, amounting to more than N400 million. Checks indicated that supply was cut a few days ago following the inability of UCH Ibadan to settle its debts, reports Saturday Vanguard. ...
•VP Shettima (2nd right) The federal government has officially transferred operations of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant to Penstock Limited. The move is expected to boost Nigeria’s power generation capacity and contribute significantly to meeting the country’s growing energy demands, reports The Nation. The federal government also annou...