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An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed seven shops and an undisclosed quantity of goods along Amen Owie Street, opposite Delano Hotels, off Second Ugbor Road, Abuja Quarters, in Benin City, Edo State. The fire reportedly broke out around 3am on Sunday, leaving shop owners with significant losses. No life was lost in the incident….
The Federal Government has won a nearly nine-year international arbitration battle against Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited over the long-delayed 1,500MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, defeating claims that put Nigeria’s potential exposure at more than $3.38bn. The project was originally conceived as a 3,050-megawatt hydroelectric plant in Taraba State, but the Federal Government later…
The Edo State Consumer Protection Committee (CPC) and the Management of the Committee has demanded the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to immediate stop the illegal migration of consumers to different Bands (Band A, B, C) without their consent and without commensurate improvement in hours of supply. The Committee made the demand during its advocacy…
The Edo State Government has urged local and foreign investors to take advantage of its decentralised electricity market reforms, describing the model as a catalyst for investment, industrialisation and sustainable economic growth. The Commissioner for Power, Paul Usenbo, made the call while representing Governor Monday Okpebholo at a high-level African Union energy meeting in Ivory…
Nigeria’s push to combine industrialisation with clean energy gathered momentum at the weekend as the Federal Government and the Niger State Government broke ground for what is set to become the country’s largest solar-powered industrial project and the biggest embedded renewable energy installation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project, spearheaded by Abuja Steel Mills Limited, a…
Nigeria and China have intensified efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key sectors of the economy, including electricity, infrastructure and industrial development, following high-level talks between the Director-General of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP), Joseph Tegbe, and the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Yu Dunhai. The strategic meeting, held in Abuja, focused on expanding collaboration…
The camp of Nigeria’s Minister-designate for Power, Olasunkanmi Tegbe, has dismissed media reports claiming he promised to fix the country’s troubled national power grid within three months, describing the reports as inaccurate and misleading. In a statement issued on Thursday by his spokesperson, Adeola Adelabu, the minister-designate clarified that no such commitment was made during…
The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians over power outages but is promising improvements across the country in the coming days. Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, made the promise on Tuesday during a press conference on his achievements in the last three years. “I want to apologise to Nigerians, officially now, coming from me…
Five years after disconnecting from the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Edo State Government has reconnected to the power distribution company for supply of electricity. The Godwin Obaseki-led administration in 2020 broke BEDC monopoly in the state by supporting the construction of Ossiomo Power, an electricity generation and distribution firm The switch over to BEDC…
The United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF), in partnership with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have wrapped up a major national initiative to support State-led electricity market reforms. The State Learning Workshop Series focused on Electricity Market Development, Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and energy modelling software. Workshops in Lagos, Calabar, Kano and Jos have…