The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are collaborating to provide a single-window platform that would ensure regulatory agencies at the ports complied to procedures. Mr Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary of NSC, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said the platform would also reduce delays and…
The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has pleaded for understanding and patience of its customers in Ibadan, Ijebu-ode, Sagamu, Iseyin, Ejigbo and parts of Ede, currently experiencing minimal supply of power. The company’s acting Chief Technical Officer, Mr Felix Abiodun, made the pleal in a statement on Friday. Abiodun said the poor supply…
Electricity distribution companies (Discos) have vowed to resist any attempt to hand over their distribution assets to German engineering conglomerate, Siemens. Reacting to Wednesday’s threat by the federal government to cede the electricity value chain to the German company, the Discos, under the auspices of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), told THISDAY thursday…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated Tissue Typing and Cross Match Laboratory equipment worth N230 million to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano. Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mele Kyari, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the ultra modern laboratory on Friday in Kano. Kyari, who was represented by Abubakar Nuhu,…
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to NNPC Gas and Power Investment Company LTD (GPIC) to provide the technical, economic and financial analysis necessary for the development of a 1,350-megawatt combined cycle, natural gas-fired power plant in Abuja. The project will utilize indigenous gas resources to address the growing demand for power…
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations said that they could not generate 3,347.5 megawatts of electricity on Wednesday due to unavailability of gas. This information was made known in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained in Abuja on…
Mr Odein Ajumogobia, Chairman, Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC), says absence of laws especially, Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), has hampered Nigeria’s oil and gas resources full maximisation. Ajumogobia, former Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, said this at the NNRC launch of the 2017 -2019 Benchmark Exercise Report (BER) in Abuja on Friday. According to…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has decried that only the average of 170, 000 out of 470, 000 of its customers settle their monthly electricity bills in Jigawa, Kano and Katsina states. Dr Mahmud Abubakar, Team Leader, Strategy Group, KEDCO, disclosed this in Katsina on Thursday while presenting a paper at a “Public Consultation…
Energy & Corporate Africa confirms some of the core speakers for this year’s Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil/Gas Conference scheduled for April 29 -30, 2020 at Marriott Westchase Houston, Texas, USA. They speakers are: Roland Ewubare, COO ( Upstream), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, H.E. Fafa Sanyang – Minister of Petroleum & Energy, Gambia, Hon. Lelenta Hawa…
Nigeria’s current power system is riddled with inefficiencies that has made power generation, distribution and supply in the country complex. These irregularities have made experts and stakeholders question the suitability of the current traditional approach to power generation in Nigeria, emphasizing the need for decentralised energy solutions in the country. To address this need for…