Tag: Renewable energy

The Electricity Act 2023: What Does It Mean For Nigeria?

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's recent assent to the Electricity Act 2023 marks a significant milestone in Nigeria's energy landscape. This transformative legislation, initially passed by lawmakers in July 2022, consolidates…

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Ban use of generating sets by MDAs, group urges

THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has advised the Federal Government to ban the use of power generating sets in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, across the…

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YNaija Analysis: Fact checking Kemi Adeosun’s comments about coal power in Nigeria

At a seminar organised by the IMF titled ‘Toward Better Infrastructure in Developing Countries’, which took place at the Jack Morton auditorium of the George Washington University yesterday, Kemi Adeosun,…

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‘I don’t want my daughter to grow up seeing gender restrictions’ – Linda Mabhena-Olagunju speaks to Leading Ladies Africa

Daring and not one to be deterred by obstacles, Linda Mabhena-Olagunju (@LindaOlagunju) is a woman with a big goal to transform the power sector in Africa and empower more Africans.…

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PODCAST: 200 displaced children reunite with their parents + other good news in Nigeria from the past week

It's another edition of #GoodVibesOnly! This podcast takes you around the far corners of Nigeria to find the most positive stories that are only able to give you hope and…

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Nigeria to use 50 per cent renewable energy by 2020 – Osinbajo

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government has set a target to expand reliance on renewable energy to 50 per cent of its power output by 2020. Osinbajo…

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Isime Esene: Counting the cost of coal mining in Nigeria (YNaija Long Read)

While many people were shocked to see Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a few days ago, industry experts had for some…

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Opinion: Renewable energy is cleaner and cheaper… Nigerians, let’s switch!

Nigeria is still a leading producer of oil but the country suffers from fuel shortages from time to time. As the price of crude begins to recover slowly, there is…

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Opinion: Renewable Energy as an option to solving climate crisis?

Climate change is unarguably the biggest environmental issue of our time. Broad scientific agreement now exists that continued accumulation of heat-trapping of greenhouses gases in the atmosphere is contributing to…

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