power generation

Power generation in Nigeria rose to 4,028 megawatts, resulting in 69 megawatts increase in power produced by the generation companies, GENCOs The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, stated this on its website. It explained that lowest energy...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has transmitted about 3,810 megawatts of electricity generated on September 8 by the generation companies to the 11 distribution companies. Punch newspaper quoted the Nigerian Electricity System Operator details on Thursday. According to its operational...

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s company is set to power most populous country by 2018 by generating about 12,000 megawatts of electricity. Dangote said this at a conference in Lagos on Monday. He said: “There has been an increased despondence in the country due epileptic power supply to...

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...

The Vice President in his key note address during the maiden edition of the National Forum on the economy, organised by Vintage Press publishers of The Nation Newspaper, themed: ‘ National Economy: The Way Forward’ yesterday, explained why electricity tariff increased. Osinbajo listed the...

Despite the recent increment in electricity tariff hike, consumers are seriously groaning under pangs of outages, with power generation sliding to 3,697 Mega Watts (MW) from the 5,074 its recorded earlier February. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had earlier assured that...

The hope of many Nigerians having a stable power supply may have become elusive as more power stations and sub-units remain inactive, bringing the generation level down to 4245 Mega Watts (MW). As at February 2nd, the nation recorded the peak generation of 5074MW, but the daily operational...

The country's electricity supply has dropped by 1,589.69 megawatts since the nation achieved its peak generation of 5,074.70MW earlier February. According to records from the Federal Ministry of Power on Monday, electricity supply on Sunday, February 14, dropped to 3,485MW from the 3,558.39MW...