Energy
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The National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), expected to be funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the World Bank has remained elusive even as information about 1.2 million meters, which are to be provided through the scheme, remains sketchy.
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The Managing Director and CEO of Global Process & Pipeline Services Limited (GPPSL), Obi Uzu, has emphasised the need for a thorough understanding of the energy sector’s intricacies to advance global collaboration and attract expertise.
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An ecological and fiscal advocacy group, Policy Alert, has condemned the guidelines provided by the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on asset divestment in the oil and gas industry
13 Mar
Nigeria, despite being one of Africa’s largest economies, grapples with significant disparities in electricity access between urban and rural communities.
6 Mar
Nigeria’s population has been projected to more than double in the coming decade. This development is expected to among other implications escalate energy demand and increase pressure on revenue.
28 Feb
The passage of the new Electricity Bill by President Bola Tinubu requiring generation companies to pay five per cent of their yearly operating expenses for the previous year to fund host communities’ development has started generating mixed reactions.
28 Feb
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has implemented an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for a pipeline route survey in the Niger Delta.
28 Feb
Chapel-Hill Denham has obtained $7.4 million in securitised financing to improve off-grid electricity in Nigeria.The funding, expected to expedite the growth of sustainable and accessible energy solutions
28 Feb
Nigeria may be losing about 40 per cent of electricity generation to theft even as the metering of over eight million consumers remained a challenge.
28 Feb
Nigeria and other African countries will need $200 billion annually until 2030, to achieve their energy-related development goals. Deputy Coordinator, Power Africa, Chris Foley
21 Feb
An electricity consumer group, All Electricity Consumer Protection Forum, said the current Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu is performing below expectations.
21 Feb
Despite pushing for a cost-reflective tariff in the country and improved revenue in the sector, the federal government, alongside its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), owes electricity bills worth over N100 billion.
21 Feb
The National President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA-Nigeria), Princewill Okorie, said the attention of the players in the Nigerian electricity sector should be on improving the quality of service in the market, not on tariff hikes.