Tag: Power
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Power generation dropped by 2,841MW in one week – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, wheeled out 22,978 megawatts of electricity between July 17 to July 23 against the 25,819 megawatts generated in the previous week. Power generation dropped by 2,841 megawatts between the two periods. The daily statistics of TCN operations obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator, a section of the TCN,…
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‘Nigerian comedians cannot speak truth to power’- Wale Gates
UK based Nigerian comedian, Wale Gates has condemned Nigerian comedians for not being able to speak truth to power. Gates asserted that his desire is to be able to say whatever he wishes regardless of whose ox is gored. He added that this has prevented him from doing many shows in Nigeria. He made this…
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Coup Scare: No plans to overthrow Buhari – Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters has said it has no intention to stage a coup to seize power from the incumbent administration as led by President Muhammadu Buhari. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai recently warned operatives of the military to steer clear of politics or tender their resignation. He alleged…
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Nigeria spent over N2.7trn on power from 1999-2015 without results to show – Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday said the nation had continually spent huge sums of money on the power sector from the commencement of this democratic dispensation (1999) till date without any tangible result to show. Dogara said rather than improve the sector, it has always ended up…
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2019 Elections: Melaye talks tough, says politicians above 70 shouldn’t be in power
The Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dino Melaye has stated that it is wrong for politicians above 70 years to be in leadership position in a country where vibrant and energetic youths abound. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari contested the 2015 presidential elections on…
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Nigerians! ‘Expect poor power supply as generation drops to 2662 megawatts’
From all indications, Nigerians might suffer poor power supply henceforth following an announcement by The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that the nation’s power generation capacity dropped from 3,959 megawatts on Jan. 4 to 2,662 megawatts on Jan. 22. The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website, a sub agency of TCN, disclosed the figure in…
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Power supply, gas our major challenges in 2016 – Lagos Water Corporation
The Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), Mr Muminu Badmuson, on Tuesday identified power and gas as major challenges the corporation faced in water production and distribution in 2016. Badmus told the newsmen in Lagos that the incessant interruption in water supply in the state, especially the metropolis in 2016, was due to the…
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After 18months in power, we are still battling to fulfill our campaign promises – Buhari
…Urges Niger-Delta militants to come to negotiating table President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said it is sad to note that some of the problems his campaign highlighted and promised to find solutions to in the 2015 general election which he won was still lingering 18 months after assuming power as the nation’s president. The…
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Jammeh must hand over power when tenure ends – UN
A United Nations, UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas has said Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not be allowed to remain president if he refuses to go at the end of his term in January. Chambas disclosed this on Wednesday in Dakar in an interview with newsmen. He said…
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Delta govt invests N1bn on power supply projects
The Delta government has spent N1 billion to ensure stable and improved electricity supply, an official has said. Speaking at the ministerial press briefing anchored by the state ministry of information in Asaba on Monday, the Commissioner for Energy, Mr Nweworld Safugha, said that the amount was approved by the state government to take care…