Reps Summon Finance Minister, Others Over Power Plants Sale   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has summoned the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, over the planned sale of five power plants. Also summoned were the Director-General...

NNPC Moves To Buy FG’s Power Plants   The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), formerly Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC), has expressed interest to participate in the acquisition of the power plants put up for sale by the Federal Government through the Nigeria Integrated Power Plants...

Ten Power Plants Idle On Discos’ Rejection, Gas Shortage         Ten of the nation’s 29 power plants sat idle on Monday on the back of low load demand by the distribution companies and gas constraints. Total power generation in the country fell to 4,112.10 megawatts as of...

Ten Power Plants Suffer Gas Shortage, 1,753MW Idle       The lingering challenge of gas supply in the nation’s power sector left 1,753.4 megawatts generation capacity at 10 power plants idle on Monday. The nation’s total unutilised electricity generation capacity stood at 2,131.9MW as of 6am on Monday,...

Six Power Plants Shut In 35 Hours, Generation Slumps     Six of the nation’s power plants were shut down between 8:15pm on Thursday and 6am on Saturday, causing power generation to plunge by 1,190.3 megawatts. Data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator on Sunday showed that...

Nine Power Plants Shut Down, 2,079MW Capacity Stranded   Nine of the nation’s 27 power plants were idle on Thursday, leaving a total generation capacity of 2,079.1 megawatts stranded. Total power generation in the country stood at 3,269.6MW as of 6am on Thursday, up from 3,074.6MW the...