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By Nnimmo Bassey The word power has many synonyms. Some of these are influence, authority, control, and dominance. The term has interesting definitions in politics, military, religion, electrical, sports, law, and mathematics. In physics, it refers to energy produced by means such as electrical or mechanical ones in order to operate a device. Electric power
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By Babajide Komolafe The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has advocated $49 billion investment in Nigeria’s power sector to ensure adequate power supply for the country by 2030. The IMF stated this in a report on Nigeria titled, “Additional Spending towards Sustainable Development Goals”. The IMF said that while Nigeria has made some progress in terms
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, insisted yesterday that estimated bills imposed on electricity consumers in the country by distribution companies remained unacceptable.
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The struggle for Management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has taken apprehensive dimension following alleged leakage of top confidential document from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, currently in possession of factional leadership of trade union in the Ministry of Power.
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Worried by the state of power outage despite Federal Government’s huge investments to the tune of N1.8 trillion in the post power assets privatisation era, the House of Representatives, Friday, vowed to begin investigations of the sector in order to unravel the jinx which is making it difficult for power consumers to get value for their money.
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The Nigerian Power Consumers Forum, NPCF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct a reversal of removal of Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, saying the action would threaten $1.66 billion foreign donor fund the company has attracted to expand power transmission to 20,000 megawatts.
Read More*Labour accuses Minister of Power of working for foreign interests *…says sacked MD strengthened transmission network nationwide By Victor Young, Chris Ochayi & Shina Abubakar Organised labour, on Tuesday, rejected the sack of Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, MD/CEO, of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Usman Mohammed, and demanded his immediate reinstatement. Labour also demanded the
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The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) in a meeting chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday, seeks the approval for free healthcare and improved power sector to the benefit of millions of Nigerians. Professor Osinabjo, while presiding over the council meeting, approved the preparation and presentation to President Muhammadu Buhari, a
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Power has been restored in the East African nations of Kenya and Uganda after they were hit by nationwide outages in the morning, the countries’ electricity providers said.
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Lumos Nigeria, Africa’s leading solar home system provider, has joined forces with the Young Professionals Organisation, (YPO), Lagos Chapter and the Lagos State Government, by donating Solar Powered Systems (SPS), to power critical units at the 70-bed Eti-Osa COVID-19 Isolation & Treatment Center.
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