THE move to scuttle the take of academic and administrative activities of the newly approved University of Ilesa, Osun State […]
RTag: PHCN
Strike action by electricity workers unnecessary, says PowerUp
CONSUMER rights group, PowerUp has described as unnecessary the industrial action by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) last […]
Alleged abuse: NAWOJ demands justice for colleague
THE Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has demanded the immediate prosecution the estranged husband of a female journalist, for […]
Assault on member: NAWOJ demands arrest, prosecution of ex-husband.
THE Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has noted with concern, the alarming spikes in the cases of physical and […]
Poor Quality Meters will worsen Power Sector’s Woes – NEMSA
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA, has warned that low quality meters will worsen the power sector problems if not addressed. Peter Ewesor, managing director, NEMSA, said …
Why FG Has Not Allotted 10 % Shares of Privatised Power Companies
ALEX Okoh, director general, Bureau of Public Enterprises explains why the federal …
FG Urged Not to Takeover Transmission Company of Nigeria
Barth Nnaji, former minister of power, is against the federal government taking over the Transmission Company of Nigeria from Manitoba, a Canadian firm whose contract expires in July …
Eko Electricity Plans New Power Initiative
EKO Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, has concluded a pioneering plan to acquire up to 474 megawatts of electricity directly into its network in an unprecedented embedded power generation initiative. EKEDC said the embedded powers will double its current allocation from the national …
BPE Pays 98% of Defunct PHCN Staff
BENJAMIN Ezra Dikki, director general of the Bureau of Public enterprises, BPE, has informed members of the National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria, NUEE, that 46,744 out of the 47,913 bonafide staff, representing 98 percent of the workforce of the defunct Power Holding …
NCP Pays N373billion to PHCN Staff
The implementation committee on the payment of severance package set up by the National Council on Privatisation pays a total of N373,170,291,200.38 to former staff of PHCN as their entitlements …
A New Approach for Gas Development
THE Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, has called for the deployment of an accelerated development model in producing and utilising Nigeria’s vast gas deposit. In his presentation at the 2015 edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas, NOG, conference and exhibition in Abuja, Babs Omotowa, …
FG Diversifies Sources of Power Generation
The federal government is intensifying efforts to generate power through different ways to meet the energy needs of the country …
Court Nullifies Environmental Day Restriction
A FEDERAL high court in Lagos has declared the restriction of movement during the monthly sanitation exercise as illegal. Justice Mohammed Idris while delivering a judgement on a case brought before the court by Ebun-Olu Adegoroye, a lawyer and human right activist, on Monday, March 16, held that …
Nigeria loses $287 million Monthly in Oil Contracts
THE Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, has said that $113 billion needed to be injected into the country to fix three critical sectors of the economy in order to put it in the right direction. Benjamin Dikki, director general, BPE said Nigeria required the amount in six years for the development of three critical …
Government Must Account for its Actions – BPE
Benjamin Dikki, director-general, BPE, is of the view that government as the custodian of our collective resources has the responsibility to account to the people on how its managing them to better their lives …
NNPC Completes Gas Pipeline Repairs
– Hope rises for steady gas supply as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation completes the repairs of the Escravos-Lagos gas […]
Power Generation Drops
– The Transmission Company of Nigeria has admitted that power generation in the country dropped from 3,463 megawatts in March […]
Pay Your Bill Or…
– The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission mandates power sector distribution companies to disconnect government agencies that default in settling their […]
Why Power Outages Persist
– Sam Amadi, chairman and chief executive officer, Nigerian Electricity and Regulatory Commission, believes there is a link between the […]
Brains Behind Gas Pipeline Vandalism
– Nigerians want President Goodluck Jonathan to identity the groups behind constant gas pipeline vandalism and severely punish them | […]
Drop in Power Generation
– The Transmission Company of Nigeria has warned that electricity generation in the country will drop because of on-going maintenance […]
Nigeria LNG Plans for 2014
– AS part of its renewed efforts to maintain its market share of the global supply of Liquefied Natural Gas, […]