Category: Energy and Power
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inaccurate billing responsible for irregular power supply in Nigeria-Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of irregular power supply in Nigeria is caused by inaccurate billing system resulting from insufficient metering machines. Osinbajo made the remarks on Saturday in Onna local government area of Akwa Ibom while inaugurating an Electric Metering Factory as part of activities marking the 30th anniversary of…
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President’s aide says FG is planning programme to end gas flaring in Niger Delta
Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, says the Federal Government will soon introduce a programme that will end gas flaring in the Niger Delta. Boroh said this on Friday during the inauguration of a water project in Gelegele-Gbene community near Benin in Ovia North East Local Government…
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In pictures: FG launches National Building Energy Efficiency Code
The federal government yesterday launched the National Building Energy Efficiency Code (BEEC) at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The event was well attended by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; Minister of State, Surv. Suleiman Zarma Hassan; representative of the Permanent Secretary, Works & Housing, Mr Ibrahim Tumsah, and the German Ambassador…
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FG approves $5.7bn for construction of 3,050MW Mambilla electricity project
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved 5.792 billion dollars (about N1.140trillion) for the construction of the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydro-Power project at Gembu in Taraba. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents alongside the ministers of labour and Employment…
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Electricity distributors say estimated billing to end soon
The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED) has assured the non-Maximum Demand (MD) customers or residential customers that it is intensifying plans to provide meters to eradicate the challenge of estimated billing. The Chief Executive Officer of ANED, Mr Azu Obiaya, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said that the DisCos metering target was…
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Electricity: FG to roll-out 3m prepayment meters to Nigerians
More than three million pre-payment meters are to be rolled out under the Federal Government’s intervention programme, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, disclosed in Lagos on Sunday. The intervention followed the incapacity of Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to meter all the houses of consumers across the country. Fashola, who is also the Minister…
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Senate to grill Fashola over Kaduna power plant
The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy and Committee on Gas to investigate the Kaduna 215-megawatts Power Plant’s failure to generate electricity. This followed a motion by the Chairman, Committee on Gas, Sen. Bassey Akpan, who said at plenary, that there was an urgent need to save the plant.…
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Electricity generation to increase soon – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says efforts by the Federal Government to boost power generation may soon yield results following a sustained increase in gas supply for power generation. The corporation said this in its March 2017 edition of the Monthly Financial and Operations Report released on Saturday in Abuja. The report said the…
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Respite as Senate moves to pass PIB into law
The Senate on Thursday received the much anticipated report on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill from its joint petroleum committee on petroleum (downstream and upstream) and gas. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the bill has been in the works for over a decade and been redrafted several times but was never passed by the previous assemblies. Speaking…
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Special force destroys illegal refinery in Edo
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has been advised to install sensors on its oil pipes or use Air Force helicopters for their surveillance. Brig.-Gen Ibrahim Garba, Commandant, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, made the call at the site of an illegal refinery at Obazagbon near Ehor in Uhumwode Local Government Area of Edo on Saturday.…