“Power is arguably the single most important driver of the national economy. Indeed, it is difficult if not impossible to imagine modern life without power. Our industries and factories need electricity to run; and so […]
A snippet from a news story on This Day newspaper posted on the allafrica.com website has the minister of power sharing his opinion on the state of the powersector. According to Fashola, the privatisation exercise […]
Nigeria’s power sector may have experienced a new low as recent reports suggest that the country is ranked 2nd lowest with 75 million without household electricity according to World Bank’s database. To put this numbers […]
In recent years there have been some sections of the general public that believe that Africa is the world’s biggest charity case. These school of thought might have validated with recent reports that the European […]
While we constantly wrestle with a lingering power outage in this part of Africa, people of Zambia suffer a slightly different problem. reports have emerged that a baboon plunged a Zambian tourist town into darkness […]
PM news have reported that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) are collaborating to fight vandalism of electricity installations in the country.The Spokesperson of the Corps, Mr. Emmanuel […]
The Managing Director/CEO of Kaduna Electric, Engineer Garba Haruna has refuted the story that electricity users are being asked to buy and or maintain transformers and other facilities by the Distribution Company and called on […]
One of the key debates when it comes to electricity in Nigeria is the question of whether or not electricity consumers can or should fund the installation of transformers. Now the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission […]
The Nigerian power sector has had its fair share of accusations, However, this most recent accusation might be the worst of them all. The power sector has been accused of draining Nigeria’s treasury by hundreds […]
One major topic of dispute in the power sector is the fact that Nigeria still sells power to countries such as Benin and the Niger Republic. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday […]
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