Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, says the country must diversify sources of energy in order to meet the power needs of the nation. Onu spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, at the end of a ministerial tour to four agencies under the ministry. According to him, the nation needs to diversify sources of its energy as it can no longer rely on gas alone. "We need to [...]
President Jonathan flags off Gas Industrial Park in Delta State
Nigeria may be set for a major gas revolution with the flag off of the Gas Industrial Park in Delta State, South South Nigeria This indication was given by the President Jonathan on Thursday while performing the groundbreaking of the project which he believes would generate much needed revenue for the country when it starts functioning. Speaking at the ceremony, President [...]
President Jonathan commissions Alaoji power plant
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commissioned the 504 Mega Watts Alaoji Power Plant in Umuobasi-Ukwu, Abia State. The plant is one of the ten by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company. President Jonathan said he would continue to work hard to move the country forward. The project would have been abandoned based on an unfavourable report when he was still the [...]
Federal Government Reduces Electricity Tariff By 50 percent
The Nigerian government has announced a reduction in electricity tariffs by half. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday announced the immediate review of electricity tariffs by about 50 per cent. The Chairman of the Commission, Sam Amadi, who announced the review in Abuja, said the reduction, which takes effect from the end of March, followed the [...]
Lagos Hand Over Rural Electrification To Oriba, in Epe LGA
Succor came the way of Oriba, a riverine community in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State as the State Government handed over an 8 kilometer rural electrification project. According to the traditional ruler of the area, the community which has been in existence since the 17th century and without electricity got its first ray of hope over 18 years through the Federal Rural [...]
Nigeria will generate 5,000MW from coal —Nebo
The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, says the recent development in the use of coal technology could help the Nation to generate additional five thousand megawatts of power. He stated this while receiving his counterpart from Ghana in Abuja. Professor Nebo said with Nigeria's endowment as owning the seventh largest coal deposit in the World, it should join other [...]
FG Commissions Nigeria’s First Solar PV/Wind Power Plant
The minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, at the weekend, commissioned a 25 kilowatt (kw) Hybrid solar PV/wind demonstration power plant located at the National Power Training institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), Regional Training Centre, Kainji, New Bussa, Niger State. The project is an achievement of Nigeria-Germany Energy partnership under the Nigeria Energy Support Programme [...]