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Manufacturers Lose N10.1trn Annually to Power Crisis, Says MAN

Manufacturers Lose N10.1trn Annually to Power Crisis, Says MAN   The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the country’s shortage of electricity supply has been identified as a hindrance to the profitability of manufacturers with an annual economic loss valued at about N10.1tn, about two per...

Blackout: PENGASSAN Predicts Power Supply Crisis to Linger

Blackout: PENGASSAN Predicts Power Supply Crisis to Linger   The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has disclosed that Nigerians looking forward to improved electricity supply may continue to wait as the dismal nature of the power sector may not change any...

Partial Grid Collapse and Nigeria’s Worsening Power Crisis, by Umar Farouk Ahmad

Partial Grid Collapse and Nigeria's Worsening Power Crisis, by Umar Farouk Ahmad   On April 8, 2022, the national electricity grid suffered a system collapse. And it happened not once, but twice in a spate of three hours. Authorities of the Power Ministry attributed the incident to...

Power Crises: More Electricity Woes As Tariff Shortfall Heads To N822bn

Power Crises: More Electricity Woes As Tariff Shortfall Heads To N822bn     Against the backdrop of the recent reversal of the new electricity tariff take-off,, the World Bank has indicated that Nigeria’s electricity tariff shortfall would rise by 56.9 per cent to N822 billion in 2023...

‘Substandard Transformers Imports Worsening Power Crisis’

‘Substandard Transformers Imports Worsening Power Crisis’ The crisis in Nigeria’s power sector had been worsened by the high influx of substandard transformers, the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency said on Thursday. According to NEMSA, the importation of fake transformers by dealers has started creating additional challenges...