Electricity

Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger, on Wednesday from a source close to the management of the Nigerien Electricity Company (Nigelec), in line with the sanctions decided by the West African neighbours of Niger destabilized by a…

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has commended the new electricity act signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that, if well implemented, it promises to be a major game changer for the manufacturing sector. In a…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed the setting up of a technical committee to prepare a state policy plan on the management of the state's power sector. In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), says Nigeria’s domestic gas infrastructure network has the capacity to transport 6.9 billion Standard Cubic Feet (BCF) of gas to support power generation and gas-based industries.…

The Speaker, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis has lamented over the abysmal access to reliable, sustainable and affordable energy in the region. The Speaker disclosed this at a five-day…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to stem the deep electricity crisis that is undermining the daily life and economy of the continent's leading industrial power. For months, …

Civil society organisation Stand Up SA gathered droves of supporters to march to power utility Eskom's Sunning hill headquarters in Sandston, Johannesburg, to demand an end to load shedding and a pending electricity tariff hike.  Their…

The Senegalese government has announced a rise in fuel and electricity prices. The cost of diesel and petrol will increase by 100 CFA francs. As for electricity, the increase will be applied in instalments and will not affect users…

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company says plans have been concluded to provide 20 hours uninterrupted daily electricity supply to its customers in 2023. The company also revealed that it is being owed over…

Six million electricity meters are to be deployed nationwide in the first and second quarters of 2023, to reduce the number of unmetered electricity consumers in Nigeria, the Federal Government has said. This was disclosed in a December…