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Nigeria's Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday disagreed with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara over the constitutionality of constituency projects at a national summit in Abuja. Fashola said constituency projects were unconstitutional, but...

The national electricity grid has continued its drop to 1,600 megawatts (mw) since Saturday with many electricity consumers decrying the situation, Daily Trust reports. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, had said on Thursday that repair works on a vandalised...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has assured that the Federal Government would finish all ongoing projects within three years. The minister made this statement on Saturday after inspecting work at the Loko-Oweto Bridge, over River Benue, which connects Loko and Oweto...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, attributed the recent attacks on gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region by militants to power failure in the country. Fashola made this known while speaking on issues affecting the sector at the inaugural town hall forum...

In a bid to solve Nigeria's power problems, Ministry of Power, Babatunde Fayose, has moved to diversify the country's power generation source away from gas. Speaking at the launch of Building Energy Efficiency Guideline (BEEG) for Nigeria, Fashola said embarking on alternative sources of...

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power says he wants to witness the fulfillment of the Nigerian promise before he dies, and this thought keeps him awake. Fashola lamented that Nigeria is currently bedeviled by a number of challenges, but he vowed to do his best in tackling them. “I’m a thinking...

All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Domestic Debt and Loans, Shehu Sani has expressed deep concern over the darkness being experienced across the country. He stressed that no excuse by power stakeholders was cogent enough to substantive hardships that...

A 32-year-old kidnapper Ifeanyi Obi, a native of Abia State has accused former Lagos State Governor and current Minister for Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola of pushing him into crime. Obi is one of the 3 members of a kidnapping gang arrested at their Lagos hideouts by operatives...

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing has said that contractors who executed federal government’s road projects over the past three years were not paid for their job. Speaking at the inaugural “Buharimeter” town hall meeting in Abuja, Thursday, Mr. Fashola said the...

Nigerian business tycoon, Aliko Dangote on Wednesday visited Babatunde Fashola (SAN) in his office at the ministry of Power, Works & Housing. Both men had a fruitful discussion in the area of infrastructure and development for the country

Nigeria's Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has blamed attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta for the current poor electricity supply across the nation. Fashola spoke on Thursday at a forum organised by members of a civil society organisation in Abuja...

Massive protest hit Ogun state today, as residents kicked against electricity outrageous bills over epileptic power supply. See photos:

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi paid a courtesy visit to the Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN at his Abuja residence, yesterday 5th, June. See photos: Photo credit: Lukeshphoto

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has praised the unwavering contributions of Alhaji Aliko Dangote towards the industrialisation of the country. Fashola said this during the handing over of a 25 kilometer concrete road at Itori, Ibeshe, Ogun State constructed in...

According to recent data from the Power Ministry, Nigeria's power generation plunged to zero megawatt six times in the last month. Reports say the system suffered a total collapse six times and a partial collapse once in May. The national grid completely collapsed 11 times in the first five...

According to Nigeria's Minister of Power, Housing and Works, Babatunde Fashola, a reversal of the recent 45% hike in electricity tariff would cost Nigeria over N575billion. As a result, the increase can't be reversed, he said. The minister said this when he appeared before the senate on...

Babatinde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and the Acting Chairman, CEO of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Anthony Akah have told the Senate yesterday that there was no going back on the implementation of the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff already in...

Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola as disclosed that once the current challenges confronting the power sector are fixed, Nigeria will be able to generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity. The minister said in spite of the challenges, the country’s power sector still...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday unveiled federal government’s roadmap for boosting electricity generation through incremental power, saying that the government is looking at what the country could generate out of the existing power assets. Delivering a...

A human rights group, Campaign for Democracy, CD has called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on all the federal roads in the South East geo-political zone. CD therefore gave the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashiola (SAN) seven days to visit all the...