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West Africa: Nigerians Enjoy More Electricity Than Many Countries - Official
Premium Times, 2 December 2019
Five West Africa Countries have topped the energy access status in the ECOWAS region with their population having access to electricity, the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable… Read more »
Nigeria Ranks in Top 5 for Energy Access in West Africa
Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director of ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, has said that Cape Verde, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria and Cote D'ivoire were leading in the region while Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo has the lowest status.
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Nigeria: Blame Game in the Power Sector
This Day, 3 December 2019
Abiodun Ade argues that the failure of government to fulfill its obligations is partly responsible for the inefficiencies in the sector. Read more »
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Nigeria: Danger As Fake Electrical Materials Flood Abuja Market, Others
Daily Trust, 3 December 2019
Audu Yusuf just moved to a new three bedroom flat in the Aso C community of Nasarawa State, about 10 minutes away from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He got an electrician… Read more »
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Africa: African Development Bank Approves $210 Million Financing for Transmission Expansion Project
African Development Bank (AfDB), 29 November 2019
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $210 million financing package to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for the Nigeria Transmission… Read more »
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Nigeria: Electricity - AfDB Approves $210m Power Projects in Nigeria
Vanguard, 28 November 2019
The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Transmission Company of Nigeria's, TCN's, NTEP -1 projects in a board resolution in Abidjan. Read more »
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Nigeria: How Nigerians Suffer From Poor Electricity Regulation
Premium Times, 12 November 2019
On April 12, 2017, Aliyu Umar, 27, began his day, carefully preparing a charcoal fire with which he would prepare breakfast of noodles, bread, fried eggs and tea for his early… Read more »
InFocus
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Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, says that the government has acquired a new loan of U.S.$3 billion from the World Bank to address transmission and distribution challenges in the ... Read more »
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The country's national electricity grid collapsed again, sources in the industry have said. This follows a collapse earlier in the week which left Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano and Katsina ... Read more »
