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Boosting power supply: TCN installs new transformers, transmission lines
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that it has installed and energised new transformers, transmission lines in its sub-stations in five states to improve...
Lagos signs MoU with a UK firm on construction of 10,000 LED street lights
The Lagos State Government and a United Kingdom firm, Low Energy Designs (LED) Limited, have signed a N2.52 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on...
Flood issues force the closing down of Shiroro power plant
One of the nation’s three hydro-power plants, Shiroro Power Station, has been shut down as a result of a flood problem, with seven thermal...
Why we are investing N11bn in 16MW coal-fired power plant, AshakaCem discloses
The Managing Director of Ashaka Cement PLC, a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim Group, Africa’s leading housing solutions provider, Rabiu Umar, has made the disclosure on...
Sale of PHCN: Reps to probe alleged loss of N2bn, $3.8m interests
The House of Representatives is set to investigate the alleged loss of two billion naira and 3.8 million dollars through banks’ non-payment of interests...
Power disconnection: Lagos communities flay IKEDC
Customers of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) in Ikorodu, Lagos, have condemned the disconnection of two communities from the electricity grid due to non-payment...
Intensify efforts on search for renewable energy, NGO urges oil firms in Nigeria
A non-governmental organisation, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has urged International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to intensify search for...
Reps take step in ensuring prosecution of electricity vandals
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on power, police affairs, interior, national security and intelligence and federal judiciary to examine and find...
Egbin station targets 1,320 MW by 2018
Egbin Power PLC has said that it is focusing on power generation of 1,320 megawatts by April 2018.
The chairman of the company, Kola Adesina,...
North-Central states train policy-makers, others on renewable energy
Policymakers, ministries, CSOs and faith-based organisation in Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa and Benue states, have participated in a two-day workshop on the importance and benefits...