A N27 billion meter supply contract initiated by the federal government to provide meter intervention to electricity users in Nigeria is yet to be implemented five years after, the Daily Trust reports. This is just as at least 5 million…
Of all the federal government’s efforts at increasing domestic refining capacity, one area the present administration has achieved greater success since it took office in 2015 is that of modular refineries, Daily Trust reports. Policy makers, investors and other industry…
About 24 power Generating Companies (GenCos) lost N1.19 trillion on electricity capacity not paid for in the Nigerian Electricity Market in the last five years. Records of loses on the stranded power generation capacity since 2015 shows that about 50…
The Dadin-Kowa Hydro-Power Plant in Gombe State, initiated in 1959 to generate 40 megawatts of electricity is now ready for inauguration after 60 years of execution setbacks. Those familiar with the project described it as “a success story” despite the…
The Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), Dr. Marilyn Amobi, has been sacked by the Federal Government. The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman yesterday directed she should step down, citing ‘’reorganisation and sanitation’’ as reasons…
The federal government granted 36 licences for the extraction of coal from the vast deposits in the country, with an estimated 10,000 megawatts (MW) electricity generation capacity, however the licences have yet to improve the national power grid, Daily Trust…
Mohammed Shekwo and his friends were playing within the school compound by 1pm, still during school hours. There were about six other boys with tattered clothes, barefooted and pouring sand on themselves as they shouted in their local language. A…
Vendors engaged in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Niger State have been accused of hiring third-party cooks. Daily Trust learnt that there are seven items in the menu offered to pupils daily: jollof rice and beef…
he National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Bauchi State is said to be enmeshed in racketeering that is giving room for non-compliance with the menu based on farm produce locally grown by smallholder farmers to provide pupils nutritious meals.…
Although the Federal Government has invested N240.6 million on renewable energy projects across six rural communities to provide sustainable power, investigation by Daily Trust on Sunday shows that those communities still suffer outages over the poor condition of the facilities.…
