#Nigeria

Nigeria, Abuja: FEC of Nigeria has approved the construction of 2 x 60 MVA and 2 x 30 MVA power substations Jigawa and Akwa Ibom states respectively.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has commenced work on a new 15 km 33 kV line.

Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with GIL Automation to boost the development of local content in Nigeria.

TotalEnergies (formerly Total) has announced a new investment of $60 B that will benefit Nigeria.

Nigeria, Lafia: Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has disclosed that construction works on the 330/132/33V substation in Lafia have been completed.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Nigerian federal government plans to ramp up its deployment in harnessing renewable energy.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Federal Government of Nigeria plans to spend $3 B on the energy sector and end the current electricity subsidies by December 2021.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) states that their ongoing projects will boost the national power grid by an additional 4,000 MW.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Nigerian Federal Government and Siemens AG signed a contract for the pre-engineering phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI).

Nigeria, Abuja: The World Bank has approved $500 M to support the government of Nigeria in improving its electricity distribution sector.

Nigeria, Abuja: With over half of Nigeria’s population under the age of eighteen, the future of the nation lies with its youth.

Nigeria, Enugu: The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said it will spend $4.2 M (N1.6 B) on 30 electricity network expansion projects.

The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman has commissioned the twenty-year-old Gagarawa 2 X 60 MVA, 132/33 KV substation in Jigawa State.

Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc. (EEDC) has expressed worry over the activities of vandals to its installations across the South East region.

The federal government, through the Ministry of Power, has recently authorised the installation of a 30 MVA, 132/133 KV Mobitra transformer at Bichi.

Nigeria, Osogbo: Residents of Osogbo have been thrown into darkness after vandals stole major components of the transformer serving the community.

Nigerian government directed ministries to conclude the engagement with Siemens to commence the financing aspects of the Presidential Power Initiative.

Cameroon plans to construct an electricity transmission line from Nachtigal hydroelectric plant to Bafoussam, which will connect to Nigeria.

Kebbi State government has received 60MVA transformer from KADECO, in collaboration with the Federal Government.

Nigeria: The nation’s hydropower plants have seen their output levels tumble in the past few days, causing total power generation to drop below 4,000 MVA.

To strengthen its network and improve power supply, EKEDP investments in infrastructure has resulted in improvements in power supplied to its customers.

TCN has completed repair work on one of its 60 MVA 132 / 33 kV power transformers in its Sokoto Transmission Substation, Sokoto State.

Nigeria’s company Ikeja Electric announced the appointment of Folake Soetan as its acting chief executive officer, effective 2 March, 2020.

Nigeria is witnessing power supply shortage as the Transmission Company of Nigeria revealed that power generating plants could not generate any megawatt of electricity.

Plans are underway for the construction of a transmission line after the governor of Kano State signed an MoU with the TCN, for better electricity supply.

The governor of Kano State has signed an MoU with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), in Asokoro, Abuja, for better electricity supply in the state.

Nigeria: The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, is calling on the Nigerian government to review the privatisation of the country’s power sector.

Fire struck the Ayede station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan, Oyo State, burning completely the transformer located inside the station.