FG Targets 40MW By Feb 2019 As Kashimbilla Hydro Plant Hits 100% Completion The Kashimbilla Hydropower Plant in Taraba State is 100 per cent complete and will commence generating about 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity by February, 2019, to the national grid, the Federal Government...

N80bn Inflated Bayelsa Airport Cost Worries APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa says the ‘astronomical’ rise in cost of the Bayelsa Cargo Airport from N40 to N80 billion is worrisome and a waste of public funds. The APC said that the reaction of Bayelsa...

30 Kwara Communities in Darkness for 100 years Not less than 30 communities in Aawe District of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara are yet to have power supply, over 100 years after their creation, according to the Head of the District, Alhaji Oba Daudu-Suleiman. The...

CBN Revokes Nine Micro-finance Banks’ Licences In Niger   The National Association of Micro Finance Banks on Monday said that nine out of the 34 micro finance banks in Niger State have lost their operational banking licences. North Central Secretary of the association, Mr. Sado Daniel, made...

FG Dedicates $30m To Cassava Ethanol Project In Ondo The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State. The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in...

TCN Completes, Energises 330/132kV Substation In Yobe   The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Sunday announced that it had completed and energised a new 330/132kV transmission substation in Damaturu, Yobe State. It said the contract for the substation was awarded to a local contractor in 2006 with...