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Power Ministry Gets N174bn of the N198bn Earmarked for Projects in...
Different sectors in the power industry have been mapped out to partake in the N198.28 billion fund for capital projects in the 2021 budget...
FG Secures $6.15bn for Power Infrastructure – Mamman
The Federal Government has secured $6.15 billion for infrastructural development in the power sector, a report says.
The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman, disclosed...
Siemens Best Qualified for 25,000MW Grid Expansion – FG
The Federal Government has explained that the German firm, Siemens AG was chosen for the expansion of Nigeria’s power grid because it was the...
Kabba Substation Will Ease Transmission for Over 19,200 Homes – Minister
The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman, has said that Nigeria targets that the 132, 33 kilovolts (KV) Kabba Transmission substation in Kogi State...
Siemens Electricity Supply Deal: 3,800 Transformers to Be Installed – FG
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman has disclosed that the electricity deal between the Federal Government and the German Siemens AG will necessitate the...
FG Hailed Over Power Upgrade Pact With Siemens
…As Jos Disco meters 200,000 customers
The Chairman of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) Plc, Mr Babangida Inuwa, has commended Nigerian government’s power agreement...
Siemens Presence in Nigeria’s Power Grid Attracting Investors
The chief executive officer of Siemens AG in Nigeria, Onyeche Tifase, has said that the company’s overhaul of Nigeria’s electricity grid is paying off...
Siemens Upgrades 105 Power Substations, Builds 70 New Ones in New...
Nigeria’s minister of power, Mr Sale Mamman, has said that the new electricity deal between the federal government, its German counterpart and Siemens AG,...
Reps Order TCN to Activate Kano Power Projects Immediately
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has been issued a six month ultimatum to complete two power sub-stations in Kano state. Chairman, House of...
Nigeria Approves Funding for Siemens to Rehabilitate Country’s Power Infrastructure
Nigeria has approved counterpart funding for a contract that will enable Siemens AG upgrade the country’s failing power infrastructure. The German engineering company was...
Electricity Operators Failed Nigerians – Lawmakers Declare!
The House of Representatives on Wednesday bemoaned the power gridlock Nigeria is faced with, stating that the power generation companies (GenCos) and the distribution companies...
Fresh Fears Over $2bn Nigerian Electricity Roadmap Project
The Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), is believed to be facing fresh hurdle that may derail or delay the execution and delivery of additional power...
Minister Says Nigeria’s Electricity Sector Suffers Market Inefficiency
Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, has expressed concern that market inefficiency remains one of the major problems of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry...
New Electricity Tariff Regime Begins in July – Minister
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has insisted that the new increment on electricity tariff will take off in July.
Mr Mamman disclosed this on...
Nigeria has Achieved Daily 18 to 24hr Electricity – Minister
The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, has asserted that the entire country now enjoys between 18 to 24 hours of power every day.
The...
FG Directs Ministries, BPE to conclude Siemens Electricity Deal
The Federal Government has directed the Ministries of Power, Finance, and the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to conclude the pre-engineering and concessionary financing...
TCN Reports Significant Improvement In Gas Supply From NNPC
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said last night (Tuesday) that it is receiving unprecedented support from the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
TCN Says Persisting Low Gas Supply Endangering Power Generation
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has informed that the power sector has in the past weeks continued to experience power supply shortage due...
Nigeria Can’t Continue To Subsidise Power – Minister
The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it would not continue to give subsidy to the power sector.
It called on Distribution Companies in the...
TCN Installs Asaba 300MVA Power Transformer
…Replaces disused 150MVA installed by NIPP
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has confirmed the installation of a 300MVA power transformer at the 330/132 kilovolt (kV)...
