Tag: Power plants
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Reps summon finance minister, power, BPE others over planned sale of power plants
The House of Representatives has summoned the Ministers of Finance, budget and National Planning, the Minister of Power, over the planned sale of five power plants belonging to the three tiers of government. Others summoned are the Director General for the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE), and the Managing Directors of the Niger Delta Power…
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Blackout looms across Nigeria as 14 power plants develop faults
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has hinted that Nigeria’s capacity to supply power has declined massively.
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Escravos pipeline fire didn’t affect supply of gas to power plants – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Friday that routine gas supply for power generation was not affected by the fresh fire incident that engulfed a segment of the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS). NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, had directed that an alternative pipeline be re-streamed immediately to ensure gas supply to…
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NNPC to construct 4,600MW power plants for Abuja, Kaduna, Kano – Baru
In a bid to improve the current epileptic power supply in some parts of the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday announced that it would build power generating plants with combined capacity for 4,600 megawatts in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano states. The Corporation explained that the resolve to invest in the power…
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Gas supply to power plants increased by 123% – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Tuesday, said it has increased daily average natural gas supply to gas power plants by 123 per cent. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the increase accrued to 730…