By Olatunde Dodondawa     Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is set to deploy data loggers in all power feeders belonging to Distribution Companies (Discos) to prevent them from ripping Nigerians off, following the transition of tariffs regime to the number of hours supplied. A data logger is a specialisedRead More

OpeOluwani Akintayo The Fourteenth of September 2020 is a very special day for the Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. This sees the Organization celebrate its 60th anniversary. In a statement on Monday, the Organization said the 60th anniversary is a time to reflect and appreciate the efforts of all those who have worked soRead More

Rasheed Komolafe   The Ogun State Government has said that it would expand the industrial base of Abeokuta, the State Capital by setting up industrial clusters around the new Lagos-Ibadan Railway Line which passes through the City, while soliciting the support of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC toRead More

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association has said that the collapse of Nigeria’s refineries can be traced to the birth of private tank farms. Chairman of IPMAN in Rivers State, Dr. Joseph Obele, stated this when he appeared on a live Radio (93.7 Rhythm) programme monitored by our correspondent in PortRead More

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support ongoing initiatives by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to provide alternate energy sources to Nigerians through aggressive activation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refill stations for motorists across the country. Speaking on TVC Business Show, Business Nigeria Live, the GroupRead More

*Lists four legal instruments, bobby traps that must be repealed OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — Nigerian leading Energy Policy Analyst and immediate past Chairman, Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE, Nigeria Council, Engineer Joe Nwakwue has picked holes in ministerial pronouncement on petrol subsidy removal, declaring that there are four legal instruments thatRead More

OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — The Niger Delta Power Holding Company on Friday said an additional 126 megawatts of electricity will be added to the power grid in December. Managing Director, NDPHC, Chiedu Ugbo in an interview said the extra megawatts will be added following the completion of work on the secondRead More

Rivers youths threaten to shutdown Afam power station over supply   Mkpoikana Udoma   Port Harcourt — Youths in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, have issued a fresh 72 hours ultimatum to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, to restore power to the area or risk totalRead More

Amid lingering public outcry over the recent increase in electricity tariff, the number of the nation’s power plants sitting idle rose to 13 on Sunday.   While many Nigerians were still smarting from the hike in electricity tariff, power generation in the country dropped on Sunday as four more powerRead More

The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says the deregulation of the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, will be beneficial to Nigeria and Nigerians in the long run.   MOMAN’s Chairman, Mr Tunji Oyebanji made the assertion in a statement issued on Friday inRead More