Electricity » YNaija

Tag: Electricity

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Tinubu Urges Nigerians to Use CNG Priced at ₦230 over ₦1,000 Petrol

YNaija October 23, 2024

Don’t mind PDP, they cannot even provide electricity to roast boli – Tinubu

At a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state on Tuesday, APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu criticized the country's foreign currency (FX) rate management system. The…

Editor April 21, 2022

Improving Africa’s electricity predicament with decentralised energy solutions

Solar power as a solution for Africa's electricity muddle Over six decades after Nigeria, sitting treacherously on its age-long tag as the giant of Africa gained independence from British rule,…

Omoleye Omoruyi December 20, 2017

This new power generation plan by the NNPC is good but will it come to pass?

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has laid out plans to construct three power plants to generate about 4,600 megawatts in the Northern part of the country. The power plants,…

Oludolapo Adelana December 8, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 8th of December

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija:

Ezinne November 14, 2017

The Thread: “Azura-Edo is not a tax evation scheme” | Eyo Ekpo’s refutes #Paradise papers

In its latest investigative series called Paradise Papers, Premium Times named Azura-Edo, Nigeria's largest Independent Power Plant, as "a huge suction pipe set up to siphon millions of tax-free dollars…

Azeez August 9, 2017

How N11trn electricity fund was looted under Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan – SERAP

A report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has alleged that N11trn meant for the provision of electricity was diverted under ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.…

Itunuoluwa July 24, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: Ambode says Lagos plan to generate 3000 Mega Watts of power underway

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said his administration has already embarked on reform aimed at generating 3000MW of power within the next few years, adding that the initiative,…

Omoleye Omoruyi July 18, 2017

Accept the reality of tariff review, Fashola urges Nigerians

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says Nigerians must accept the reality of an electricity tariff review so power can be better.In an interview with Thisday, Fashola urged…

Op-ed Editor July 14, 2017

Opinion: Petrol cars will vanish globally in 8 years? What will Nigeria do?

by Amarachi Obiego – US REPORT BY STANFORD PROFESSOR The first thought that flashed into my mind when I saw this headline on my newsfeed was: “Oh my God! Nigeria!”…

Azeez July 14, 2017

How Jonathan reversed electricity tariff to get votes – Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said former President Goodluck Jonathan reversed electricity tariff to get votes. Fashola said this on Thursday while speaking at a public…

Azeez July 12, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Nigeria is fortunate to have a leader like Buhari – Osinbajo | You can’t continue to subsidise electricity | GenCos tell FG | More stories

From the papers this morning - a tracklist. Nigeria is fortunate to have a leader like Buhari – Osinbajo - YNaija You can’t continue to subsidise electricity | GenCos tell…

Tolu July 9, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: These Twitter users’ replies to Sen Murray-Bruce’s common sense post give us joy

We didn't want to be the ones to tell Senator Ben Murray-Bruce that this Twitter gra gra is not his real job. You can't be forming sense-full, oversabi on Twitter and…

Azeez May 9, 2017

You have no excuse for not satisfying consumers, Fashola blasts power firms

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Monday told power distribution companies (DisCos) that Nigerians were tired of excuses over lack of electricity. The minister told the DisCos…

Op-ed Editor April 22, 2017

Dele Momodu: We must begin to think big

BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, let me start this epistle by congratulating the Ministry of Transport especially the Aviation Department of that Ministry for completing the overhaul of the runway…

Op-ed Editor March 22, 2017

Opinion: Dear President Buhari, here are four ways to turn around the Nigerian economy

by Ogunyemi O.O Dear Mr President, I welcome you back home from your vacation in London. I am happy to see you address the nation once again; may God grant…

Azeez March 21, 2017

NNPC targets 4000Mw electricity generation in 10 years

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it plans to generate about 4, 000 megawatts (Mw) of electricity over the next 10 years. NNPC Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas…

Roqeebah February 9, 2017

The Ynaija Cover this evening – the 9th of February

Read the full stories and analyses here, here and here now!

Oludolapo Adelana January 9, 2017

Improve your services or quit, Fashola tells DISCOs

Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Monday told electricity distribution companies in the country to either improve their service delivery or quit business. Fashola gave the warning…

Oludolapo Adelana January 5, 2017

Money spent on bulletproof cars can provide electricity for Nigerians – Orji Kalu

A former governor of Abia, Orji Kalu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to channel resources being used to purchase bulletproof cars for the provision of electricity…

Op-ed Editor December 4, 2016

Gimba Kakanda: Wasting Nigeria’s scarce electricity

by Gimba Kakanda Last week, I was on a two-day trip that has changed my ignorant position on the nation's perennial energy crises. It was an opportunity to inspect Jebba…

Oludolapo Adelana November 24, 2016

Probe how Obasanjo spent $16bn on electricity, SERAP tells CJN

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a letter to Justice Water Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen Chief Justice of Nigeria requesting him “to appoint an independent counsel to investigate…

Roqeebah October 31, 2016

YNaija Editorial: A sloppy Presidency

The rejection of ambassadorial appointments by two nominees, and the controversy around another nomination last week, call into question the way the Buhari administration operates. Two nominees Usman Bugaje, from…

Op-ed Editor October 5, 2016

Opinion: TCN, power and national security

As every bereaved family learns the morning after the funeral, it is left alone by sympathisers to nurse itself from grief to normalcy. This is the lot the Nigerian family…

Op-ed Editor September 19, 2016

Opinion: Fashola, power and realistic expectations

by Ikeogu Oke Though appropriate, the word “novel” arguably understates the import of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to saddle Babatunde Fashola with three highly demanding portfolios in his cabinet, namely Power,…

Mazi Emeka September 19, 2016

#30Days30Voices: ‘There is no improvement at all!’ | This man is clearly unhappy with Nigeria’s unsteady power supply

In the last few months, the level of power supply across Nigeria has been a contentious issue with some areas of the country reporting an increase while others have witnessed…

Isime Esene September 17, 2016

4,285 megawatts; 0.5 per cent… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

4,285 megawatts – The amount electricity companies currently generate according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). $15 million – The amount of money belonging to former First Lady Patience…

03

-24°C

Please add your widgets.