Nigeria has about 13Giga Watt (GW) of electricity generating capacity, a transmission capacity of 5GW and distribution that hovers between 3.5 and 4.2GW.

IN an effort to sharpen its focus on the electricity industry development and stakeholder engagements, Generating Companies, GENCOs, have appointed an Executive Secretary to superintend its affairs as a body under the Association of Power Generation Companies, APGC, a non-profit and non-political organisation .

Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has charged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay the U-23 National team’s Coach Samson Siasia.

Chelsea duo John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses are expected to join the rest of the Super Eagles squad today as they prepare to play Tanzania in the Africa Cup of Nations tie in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on September 3.

Any list of appointments is scru-tinised by Nigerians to see whether it contains the names of someone from their state or political zone. If the list contains no one from their area, they instinctively reject the list and complain that their people are marginalised.

ABUJA Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, has stated that its indebtedness to electricity generating companies, GENCOs, was not deliberate and blamed the development on challenges confronting the power sector.Director, Corporate Services, AEDC, Mr. Abimbola Odubiyi, in an interview in Abuja, attributed the indebtedness to systemic problem, adding however, that there are moves to address the issue.

A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Buba Galadima has urged Nigerians not to hurriedly blame Fulani herdsmen for every attacks in some parts of Nigeria.

Lagos—Activities at the office of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, was yesterday halted by students of the Lagos State University, LASU, protesting over non-accreditation of medical and dental programmes in the institution.

Against the prevailing economic headwinds Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, FMN, appears to have found a way round the odds, following the stella results of its first quarter 2017 (Q1’17) ended June, which opened its 2016/17 financial year.

The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has blasted Niger Delta leaders, asking them to come clean on how they spent the oil money allocated to the region over the years.