Category: Power

Three Remanded In Prison Over Assault on Eko DisCo Female Staff

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Badagry Magistrate’s Court has remanded three suspects; Sikiru Suleman, 43; Omoghene Emmanuel, 19; and Ezike Eucharia, 42, in Badagry Correctional Centre for assaulting a staff of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Miss Janet Onosherena Alugbhe, at Hughes Avenue in Alasia Ijanikin, Lagos. According to an official statement by the spokesperson of EKEDC, Godwin idemudia, the suspects assaulted the victim while discharging her lawful duties as a field-representative officer. READ ALSO: UNILAG Plunged Into Darkness As EKEDC Disconnected Varsity Over ₦200m Debt EKEDC, Ikeja Electric 5-Year upgrades’ investments hit N215.68bn EKEDC…

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Expect Blackout, AEDC Tells Abuja Residents

ADEOLA YUSUF

Parts of Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative capital, will be in blackout on Saturday. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), which on Friday, announced this, maintained that the power interruption in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would last for seven hours on Saturday. READ ALSO: Power generation Sheds 735.30 MW, drops 19% to 3,089.30 MW on Easter Holiday BREAKING: 3 Power Lines Collapse, Plunge Abeokuta, Mowe, 4 Ogun Towns In Blackout Nigeria Raked In $72m From Electricity Exports in 2021 Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 3rd Time…

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Nigeria Raked In $72m From Electricity Exports in 2021

ADEOLA YUSUF

2021 electricity exports revenues lowest in 11 years, 14.5% drop YoY Electricity export dropped 14.5 per cent to $72 million (N29.95 billion, at N416/$1) in 2021 from $84.26 million in 2020, and declined 49.4 per cent versus $142.3 million in 2019. Electricity accounted for 0.16 per cent of total $45.92 billion export earnings in 2021 and its $72 million inflow was the lowest since 2010, based on figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). READ ALSO: Power generation Sheds 735.30 MW, drops 19% to 3,089.30 MW on Easter Holiday…

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Power generation Sheds 735.30 MW, drops 19% to 3,089.30 MW on Easter Holiday

ADEOLA YUSUF

The power generation in Nigeria dropped by 735.30 Megawatts (NW) being a 19.23 per cent to 3,089.30 MW on Monday, worsening supply insufficiency across the country during the Easter holiday. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) portal, a semi-autonomous unit at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), showed that the drop is against the peak generation of 3,829.7MW recorded on Sunday. A document of the power ministry sighted by Platforms Africa, showed that inefficiency as well as lack of capacity is seen as parts of the causes of incessant…

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Fire Guts TCN Substation, Worsens Power Supply Shortage in Oyo

ADEOLA YUSUF

TCN confirms incident, says 150MVA 330/132kV transforler affected   Fire has gutted a power Substation belonging to Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Oyo state, worsening the power supply issues in the area. The TCN, which confirmed the incident n a statement shared by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mba, on Twitter, said that one 150MVA 330/132kV transforler was affected by the fire. READ ALSO: BREAKING: 3 Power Lines Collapse, Plunge Abeokuta, Mowe, 4 Ogun Towns In Blackout TCN Gets N1.4bn From Govt, 4 Days After Grid’s 4th Collapse…

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TCN Gets N1.4bn From Govt, 4 Days After Grid’s 4th Collapse In 2022

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.4 billion for the supply of more equipment for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to boost electricity supply across the country. Platforms Africa reports that this came just four days after the April 9 collapse of the electricity transmission system also known as national grid, operated by the TCN. the collapse was the third time in 24 days, and the fourth collapse in the year 2022. READ ALSO: Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 3rd Time in 24 Days BREAKING: 3…

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BREAKING: 3 Power Lines Collapse, Plunge Abeokuta, Mowe, 4 Ogun Towns In Blackout

ADEOLA YUSUF

“All 33 KV feeders from Abeokuta Transmission Substation (T/S), Ojere, and New Abeokuta TS at Kobape. will be out until the towers are reconstructed,” IBEDC Confirms blackout, apologises to Ogun customers over impending perpetual outage    Three power lines (towers) on the Papalanto/Ojere 132KV Double-Circuit Lines have collapsed, plunging the entire Abeokuta, Mowe and four other major towns in Ogun state into a blackout that may last for a long period of time. Platforms Africa reports that the collapse of the three towers has already put the Abeokuta Transmission Substation…

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Global Energy Transition, An Opportunity for Nigerian Oil Industry- Wabote.

ADEOLA YUSUF

The ongoing disruptions in the international energy industry present a unique opportunity for the Nigerian oil and gas industry to attract investments and serve as one of the leading hubs to meet global energy needs. The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote stated this recently in a lecture he delivered at the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (SPE – OLEF) 2022 held in Abuja. He spoke on the theme, “Global Energy Transition: Implications on Future…

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BREAKING: Power Sector Guru, Dangote ex-VP, Joe Makoju, is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Described as a walking encyclopedia of the NESI, Makoju, who was also a top executive at Portland Cement Plc, was a close ally to former President Olusegun Obasanjo   The former Vice President, Dangote Group, and ex-MD/CEO of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Engr. Joe Makoju, is dead. Platforms Africa, which reports this, quoted impeccable sources who, pending an official statement from the family, confirmed news of the passing on of Engr. Joe Makoju, who also doubled as the former top executive at Portland Cement Plc. READ…

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Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 3rd Time in 24 Days

ADEOLA YUSUF

The last two collapses occured on March 14 and 15 2022   The Nigerian electricity transmission system also known as the national grid has collapsed again, plunging the Africa’s biggest economy into darkness. Platforms Africa reports that the latest collpase, which rocked the country on Friday evening, is the third time within the space of one month, and the fourth collapse in 2022. READ ALSO: JUST IN: National Grid Collapses Again 2nd Time in 24 hours, 3rd in 2022 I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power Sector – Buhari…

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