Kano Electricity Distribution Company Plc (KEDCO) has said its target is to provide pre-paid meters to 594,309 customers under its operational territory by 2022. The Disco, which covers Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States, gave the projection in its 2020 to 2024 Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) presented to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). A copy…
Huawei is expected to launch its Digital Oilfield IOT Solution NIPS2020. Nigeria is one of the largest and oldest oil producers in Africa. The oil and gas sector is one of the most important sectors in the country’s economy, accounting for more than 90% of the country’s exports and 80% of the Federal Government’s revenue….
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (FMPR) in conjunction with Department of Petroleum (DPR) will formally launch the National Gas Transportation Network Code on Monday, February 10 2020 as part of the opening day of the 3rd edition of Nigeria International Petroleum Summit taking place at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja. The Nigerian…
Mr Olalere Odusote, Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, on Friday said the state had not received any derivation fund since it became an oil producing state in 2018. Odusote said this during question and answer segment at the 2020 Badagry Youth Oil and Gas Conference, organised by the ministry. The theme of…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Adamawa, has cautioned operators of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants and retailers against sale of expired cylinders to check explosion. DPR Operations Controller, Adamawa Field Office, Mr Sadiq Danjuma, gave the warning at a meeting with operators and stakeholders in LPG business on Thursday in Yola. Danjuma disclosed…
A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF) has asked an Ikeja High Court to restrain Ikeja Electric (IE) and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) from disconnecting their customers without disconnection notice. The group asked the court for an Order of Perpetual Injunction against the electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in a suit filed on…
A 150 MVA transformer and cables were, on Wednesday, gutted by fire at the Ayede sub-station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan. Eye witnesses told TBI Africa that the fire started at about 6:15 am., with distress calls made to fire fighters at around 7:20 am. The fire fighters from the Oyo…
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations have attributed their inability to generate 2,712.5 megawatts of electricity on Tuesday to unavailability of gas. The companies disclosed this in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice President in Abuja on Wednesday . The report also noted that 195.6 megawatts…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it is working assiduously to restore electricity through power transformer, in Ayede Substation in Oyo State, that caught fire in early hours of Wednesday. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. She said that the company’s 150 Mega Volt…
Two months to the end of the six months’ deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for telecom operators to put the infrastructure in place to enable them to obtain full licence to operate as Payment Service Banks (PSBs), the telcos have intensified efforts to meet up with the demand of the apex…