The Rural Electrification Agency’s Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), funded by the World Bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ceesolar, a renewable energy firm to empower about 140 female students.
A statement by the agency on Tuesday said, the contract was sealed for the implementation of the female...
Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi has identified rigged processes and corruption as major factors that led to the failure of the power privatization in Nigeria.
Dr. Amadi made the assertion while presenting a paper, titled: A Review of 10years Privatisation: Failure or Success?...
In view of the under-capitalisation of the Nigerian power sector, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has declared that going forward, there would be no more automatic renewal of power licences for either Generation Companies (GenCos) or Distribution Companies (DisCos) operating in the country.
The Minister made the declaration at...
...Calls For Clear Roadmap
President Bola Tinubu has said, 10 years on, the objectives of the nation's power privatisation have not been met as about 90 million Nigerians are still wallowing in darkness due to a lack of access to grid electricity.
Tinubu spoke at the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI)...
Suspected armed herdsmen have killed five persons in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the attack, which she also disclosed claimed the lives of two of her relations.
The killings occurred in two separate attacks carried out on...
Ten years after the privatisation of the Nigerian power sector, experts and industry stakeholders will converge on Abuja, the nation’s capital to assess the performance of the sector.
The Inaugural Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Market Participants and Stakeholders Roundtable (NMPSR), 2023 will allow industry experts and other stakeholders to...
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has advanced reasons why it kept mute in the face of eye-boggling fraud allegations against its officials.
REA's Director of Promotion, Information, and Outreach, Malam Mutari Ibrahim, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said, the silence was not due to a lack of...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria collectively remitted a total sum of ₦185.36 billion in the second quarter of 2023.
NERC in its Second Quarter, 2023 Report released on Tuesday said, in 2023/Q2, the cumulative upstream invoice payable by DisCos was...
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would catalyse mini-grid development in Nigeria.
REA said, the deal which was sealed Tuesday, would focus on knowledge sharing, capacity building, and better coordination of the sector, amongst other initiatives.
There...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said it has received a formal report of the recent electrocution in the Gada Biu – Kabong Village along Rukuba Barracks road in Jos, Plateau State.
NERC in a statement on Monday said the matter would be swiftly and thoroughly investigated to identify the...
