The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Jennifer Adighije, has disclosed that the Alaoji Power Plant, which has been offline for nearly two years, will resume operations by August 2025, as part of the company’s strategic push to recover dormant generation assets and improve grid supply. Adighije made this known during a […]
There was no power system collapse nor disturbance in the first quarter of 2025, a major improvement in grid stability, according to the latest report released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The report, which assessed grid performance, market remittance, metering, customer service, and safety, highlighted the regulatory commission’s push for enhanced system coordination by […]
The Federal Government has unveiled an ambitious target to ramp up national electricity supply from the current output of about 5,500 megawatts to 8,500 megawatts within the next 12 to 18 months, as part of efforts to stabilise and expand Nigeria’s power infrastructure. The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ayodeji Gbeleyi, gave the […]
President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says there is no justification for Nigeria’s low power generation output, arguing that if his conglomerate alone can produce over 1,500 megawatts for internal use, the country should be generating far more. Dangote made the remarks during a recent tour of the Dangote Refinery in Lagos, where […]
The Federal Government has expressed its determination to tackle energy poverty with a high-level stakeholder engagement forum towards the implementation of the National Energy Compact under the Mission 300 initiative. The government-led forum, which is a critical step towards tackling energy poverty, will be held on July 8, 2025, through the Federal Ministry of Power […]
Oil and gas operators have raised the alarm over Nigeria’s electricity and gas pricing structure, warning that failure to adopt cost-reflective tariffs could leave the country’s gas-to-power sector with a crippling N6 trillion debt burden, especially if generation expands to 10,000 megawatts. Speaking on the sidelines of the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week […]
Despite the Ministry of Power’s promise that President Bola Tinubu would soon meet with power generation companies to discuss the N4.7tn debt owed to them, there has been a deafening silence, with no communication extended to the GenCos nearly two months later, The PUNCH reports. Last month, the Federal Government said that it planned to pay N2tn […]
The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has reaffirmed its commitment to digitising the national electricity grid and joining the regional grid synchronisation efforts led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This comes as Nigeria remains one of the only countries in the region yet to connect its grid to the West African […]