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- 2 Jan 2013
FG to Borrow $1.15Bn to Boost Power-Maku
The Federal Government is to borrow $1.15 billion for its power reforms this year just as the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which supervises the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP),…
- 20 Jun 2013
FG Promises to Handover 10 Power Plans in June 2014
Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), currently on road show in Hong Kong in conjunction with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), marketing 10 power plants worth in excess of $8 billion to…
- 19 Jun 2013
BPE Seeks Investors for $8B Power Plants
Shortlisted bidders for the Bureau of Public Enterprises/Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) joint sale transaction process for the sale of 10 National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) power…
- 25 Feb 2013
FG Begins Evaluation of NIPP
Alhaji Namadi Sambo, vice-president and chairman of the board of directors of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), has set up a special project evaluation team for the National Integrated…
- 2 Mar 2017
Militants Threaten to Bomb MTN, Others over Xenophobic Attacks
A coalition of Niger Delta militants, on Wednesday, threatened to blow up south African owned businesses including: Multichoice, owner of DSTV; MTN, Shoprite and 16 other major South African…
- 18 Oct 2023
Polaris Bank Partners Millwater on stable Power Delivery to Industrial Clusters
Polaris Bank has expressed its commitment to partner with Millwater to deliver uninterrupted power to industrial clusters in Nigeria in order to accelerate the industrialization drive of the current…
- 25 Feb 2024
Tinubu to Commission $800M Geometric Power in Aba Today
President Bola Tinubu will today commission Nigeria’s only integrated power project, the $800 million Geometric Power Aba Limited (GPAL) in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area (LGA), Abia State. GPAL…
- 13 May 2024
Electricity Theft in Nigeria: Impact, Strategies and the Way Forward
By Okoko Chidozie Christian [email protected] ; 09025179984. Epileptic power supply has been a mainstay of Nigerian society and profoundly impacted communities, undermines the access of…
- 29 Sept 2013
FCMB Commits to Power Sector Development
FCMB Group has reaffirmed its commitment towards providing the necessary support to ensure the successful implementation of the ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s power sector. This, it stated, is in line…
- 25 Jul 2021
CBN Gov, Others Risk Arrest over Alleged Financial Violations
House of Representatives may issue a bench warrant against Godwin Emiefele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 53 other heads of government agencies for gross violation of the…
- 21 Mar 2013
Jonathan Issues $8Bn NIPP Share Certificates to States
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday presented national integrated power project (NIPP) share certificates to representatives of the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in…
- 9 Sept 2015
Nigeria Invested N2.740trn on Power Generation from 1999 to Date - Igali
The Senate was told yesterday that a total of N2.74 trillion has been invested in the country’s power sector from 1999 to date. The Senate was also told that for nineteen years before 1999, no single…
- 2 Aug 2014
NNPC: Jonathan Fires Yakubu, Appoints Dawha
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday sacked Andrew Yakubu as the group managing director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and appointed Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha to replace him. He…
- 11 Apr 2022
FG Mulls Solar Systems for Unserved Electricity Communities
As a result of the constant collapse of the national grid which has left Nigeria in perpetual darkness, the new thinking of the government is to deploy solar cabin systems to unserved and underserved…
- 1 Feb 2017
FG Launches Solar Power for Gwagwalada Community
The federal government yesterday launched solar power (Solar Home System) in Wuna, a community in Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory. Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said…
- 17 Jan 2021
Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% Per Cent of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI
Heirs Holdings (“HH”), the leading African strategic investor, in partnership with affiliated company Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (“Transcorp”), Nigeria’s largest publicly listed…
- 12 Feb 2021
UK Court Permits Nigerians to Sue Shell for Pollution Claims
A supreme court in the United Kingdom has ruled that the people of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Royal Dutch Shell, in English courts.…
- 18 Jan 2024
Shell Refutes Exit Rumors from Nigeria
Shell, British oil conglomerate recently refuted claims that it plans to leave Nigeria. The oil multinational noted that it would still maintain its presence in Africa’s largest market, despite…
- 7 Sept 2009
Coal Answer to Nigeria’s Energy Need -SSAEAC
Coal, a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons holds possible answer to Nigeria’s energy problems and can generate to 4,000 megawatts of…
- 13 Jan 2015
Chams Appoints Awosika as Director, Names New CFO
Chams Plc, leading technology firm, has announced the appointment of Dr. Josephine Awosika, to its board of directors. The company also named Mrs Christianah Olaniyan as its new chief…
- 1 Jul 2015
Elumelu Calls for End to Energy Poverty
Mr. Tony Elumelu, African businessman and philanthropist has said that providing access to electricity for schools, hospitals, businesses and industries is the single most impactful intervention that…