Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

Nigeria’s consumer watchdog says petrol still sells near N1,200 a litre while global crude has fallen to about $73, and is threatening to sanction profiteers.

Taraba State has signed $268 million in loans from the ECOWAS development bank to build a solar plant, a vast rice scheme and an industrial park.

Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for 86 per cent of the world’s electricity access gap, with 563 million people still living without power, a report finds.

Nigerian manufacturers have won a court order halting 1.55 million smart meter imports, putting the World Bank’s $500m metering programme at risk of cancellation

Nigeria’s gas output has climbed to 7.85 billion cubic feet per day this year, with exports hitting a five-year high across power, industry and homes.

Excerpt (24 words): S&P has lifted Nigeria’s 2026 inflation forecast to 16.9 per cent, citing rising energy and transport costs, and trimmed its growth outlook for the economy.

Zambia’s electrification team toured rural Dodoma to learn how Tanzania turned village power into a driver of small businesses, schools and local jobs.

Liberia’s foreign minister pressed Washington for a transformative energy compact and a legal pathway for 4,000 Liberians whose protected status expires at month’s end.

KEY POINTS Nigeria can save $121bn in fuel costs if it shifts the bulk of its electricity supply to renewable energy, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Power, …