Electricity consumers in Awoyaya area in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State, have bemoaned the poor power supply to the community in the last few days.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday signed seven important bills into law among which is the law to guarantee 24-hour power supply in line with the vision to attain a 24-hour economy and make the State globally competitive.

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organisation, has appealed to the Federal Government to work towards ending erratic electricity supply in the country in 2018.

A coalition of human rights groups operating in the South East geopolitical zone has called on the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, to improve power supply in the zone, urging the federal government to revoke the company’s licence if it could   no longer serve the people well.

There is no sign of improved electricity supply to Nigerians as the nation recorded an average power sent out of 4,108MW on December 26, data from the Nigerian Electricity System operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, shows.

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THERE are indications that many problems, including liquidity, vandalism and huge debt have constrained operators from supplying adequate power to Nigerians. Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, managing mirector of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, who put the indebtedness to his company alone at N105 billion said these and others have constrained it from making more impact in the sector.

SEVEN Energy International Limited, the leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, with upstream oil and gas interests in the region, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Seven Energy Finance Limited and Accugas Limited, has announced that all the conditions precedent to the long term Gas Sales Agreement for the supply of gas by Accugas Limited to the Calabar Nigerian Integrated Power Project (the “Calabar GSA”) have been satisfied.

Edo Government says it is partnering with the Niger Delta Power Holding Co Mpany (NDPHC) on a bulk power supply arrangement to boost electricity distribution to industries around the state.

There was a slight improvement in power supply, as cumulative power sent out last week stood at 21,042 megawatts, MW, as against 19,985MW sent out the previous week, data obtained from the National Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed.

POWER situation in the country saw a 24 percent improvement in June cumulatively, 69,800 megawatts, MW, were sent out as against 53,339MW sent out in May, daily operational report of the Nigerian Electricity System Operation obtained by Vanguard shows.

By Prince Okafor LAGOS—Nigeria’s power supply, yesterday, dropped by 14 per cent as the nation’s national grid experienced another systems collapse. The supply dropped from 3,333MW recorded the previous day to 2,881MW, showing a decrease of 452 MW. In its report made available to Vanguard, the advisory power team disclosed: “On June 27, 2017, average […]

EIGHT Federal Universities are to enjoy uninterrupted power supply from off grid captive power plants, following a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed with the Rural Electrification Agency, REA.

RESIDENTS of Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, have berated Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, over poor electricity supply to Agbor

Power supply to distribution companies, DISCOs, witnessed a reduction of 16,045 megawatts, MW, in May, according to the daily operational report of the Nigerian Electricity System Operation, NESO, obtained by Vanguard Sweetcrude.