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KEY POINTS The Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully raised ₦501 billion through its inaugural power sector bond under the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Programme (PPSDRP), achieving 100 per …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO, has traced Tuesday’s national grid disturbance to a voltage fluctuation at the Gombe Transmission Substation, clarifying that the incident did not amount …

KEY POINTS The Niger State Government has entered into a partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to develop a $163 million solar electrification project aimed at boosting electricity supply …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s energy conversation has long been dominated by a familiar promise from the Dangote Group: once local refining begins at scale, fuel will become cheaper, scarcity will disappear, …

KEY POINTS Members of South Africa’s energy regulator, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Nersa, have expressed uncertainty over Eskom’s request for an interim electricity tariff for Samancor and …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has announced plans to deploy Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG-powered trains and expand Nigeria’s rail network to 10,000 kilometres within the next five years, …

KEY POINTS When much of the national transmission infrastructure was conceived decades ago, Nigeria’s economy was smaller, less industrialised, and far less digitally connected. Today, Africa’s largest economy is powered …

KEY POINTS President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the Senate’s confirmation of 21 nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, and the Nigerian Midstream and …

KEY POINTS The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which is also known as petrol, has gone up by ₦100 per litre across Nigeria. This is a big change in …

KEY POINTS Retailers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, are expressing cautious optimism as supply conditions improve across major markets in Nigeria. Cooking gas is currently …