The completion of the remaining two per cent of work on the 43-year-old Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill, as promised by the federal government, has been ruled out this year, despite a $10 billion (about N4.155 trillion) worth of investment, Daily Trust reports.…
With the recent three power grid collapses in less than 30 days, there are worries that acts of power infrastructure vandalism is on the rise. The latest system collapse occurred on April 8, 2022, around 6.30 pm as the national…
The electricity blackout in Maiduguri has been going on for over one year with many residents living their lives without a power supply. Some privileged individuals, organizations and groups have embraced solar power as an alternative source of electricity in…
UBA officials dominate In December, 2021, the new board and management members of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) were named to steer the operations of the company after a prolonged investors’ crisis. Although the core investors, KANN Consortium, challenged…
The 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria are said to have lost N258.3billion in revenue for what they reportedly supplied from November 2020 to September 2021, data from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) revealed. But some consumers expressed…
The vast land of Niger State in North Central Nigeria is aiding the state’s drive towards industrialization. A new industrial hub is springing up in the state as the Hydropolis Free Zone Development Company (HFZDC), Amfani, break the ground for…
A solar-powered factory meant for processing of Kilishi (a local meat delicacy) built at Mararrabar Kankara community in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State had started touching lives positively in the surrounding communities, Daily Trust reports. The factory –…
The multi-billion naira Independent Power Plant (IPP) project in Kano State, which was said to have reached 95 percent completion in July 2020 and scheduled to be commissioned in October of the same year, is yet to see the light…
When the federal government conceived the idea of a 215-megawatt power plant in Kaduna as part of efforts to revive industries that folded up due to unstable power supply, little did those expected to benefit from the project envisage that…
