Tariff Without Light: A Northern Citizen’s Lament on Power, Justice, and the Burden of Band A By Adamkolo Mohammed Ibrahim In the quiet hours of a sweltering April afternoon in Damaturu, when the sun hangs heavily over the Sahel and the wind carries more dust than...

Blackout Looms as Gas Firms Cut Supply Over N3.3tn Debt Nigeria’s electricity crisis may worsen in the coming weeks as gas suppliers halt supply to thermal power plants over an estimated N3.3tn debt owed by power generation companies, a development that could deepen the nationwide...

FG Pushes Local Power Components to Cut Forex Use The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has challenged the Energy Commission of Nigeria and the Rural Electrification Agency to deepen collaboration aimed at boosting local production of electricity components, cutting imports, and conserving foreign exchange. Adelabu said...

FG Directs States to Establish Power Firms The Federal Government has urged the 36 states to assume full responsibility for power generation, transmission, and distribution as part of efforts to end Nigeria’s lingering electricity crisis. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Lagos on...

FG Plans 7,000MW Boost to National Grid - Adelabu  The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has announced that the Federal Government is moving into the first phase of the Siemens power project, which will add an additional 7,000 megawatts to the national grid and...

FG, ISA Launch $500m Fund to Boost Solar Expansion The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Solar Alliance, has launched a $500m Distributed Renewable Energy Nigeria Fund to accelerate solar energy deployment nationwide. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by Bolaji Tunji, media...