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IBEDC Restores Power Supply to UCH

By Fasilat Lawal Distribution Electricity Company, IBEDC, has restored power supply to the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan. Chairman Joint Action Committee JAC UCH  Mr Oladayo Olabampe confirmed the development to Radio Nigeria Ibadan. Mr Olabampe said a meeting would be reconvened to enable workers to resume their normal shift for prompt health service Continue Reading
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Tanker Driver Suspends Strike

The two-day suspension of operations concerning the lifting of petroleum products by the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, has been called off by the oil transporters. NARTO confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday evening after the intervention of the Federal Government through the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri. Continue Reading
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FG Inaugurates Grids Monitor Centre

The Federal Government has inaugurated an energy management and control centre established in Abuja to monitor electricity mini-grids operating across the country. It said the centre, known as the Energy Management System, would serve as the off-grid electricity supervisory control and data acquisition system for mini power grids in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of […]Continue Reading
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Low investment in energy sector dangerous for economy – Professor Adenikinju

By Iyabo Adebisi The President of the Nigerian Economic Society, NES, and expert in Petroleum Economics, Professor Adeola Adenikinju says low investment in the nation’s energy sector portends great danger for the economy of the country in the future. The Professor of Petroleum Economics at the University of Ibadan, UI, lamented that divestment by international oil Continue Reading
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Cooking Gas Price Hike Imminient

Gas retailers have warned that the price of 12.5kg cooking gas may hit N18,000 by December if the Federal Government does not restrict the activities of the terminal owners. The President, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Olatunbosun Oladapo, told newsmen that the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas also known as cooking gas has […]Continue Reading
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Fire Guts TCN Transmission Substation

There was a fire incident at the Transmission Company of Nigeria transmission, TCN, substation in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Thursday night. The 330 kilovolt (kV) facility was reportedly engulfed in the inferno, though the immediate cause has yet to be disclosed. The incident comes barely 24 hours after a national electricity grid collapse resulting from […]Continue Reading
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Stakeholders working to prevent further PMS price hike – Tinubu Media Aide

By Saadatu Albashir President Bola Tinubu and industry stakeholders have taken a definitive stance, asserting that the existing fuel pricing structure will remain unchanged. Ajuri Ngelele, the spokesperson for President Tinubu, said stakeholders were proactively tackling inefficiencies, that seek to pre-empt the need for a price increase while also fostering a level Continue Reading
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Queue at Gas Hub as Fear of Price Hike Looms

Jeffrey Ahonmisi/Bukunmi Some residents of Ibadan are trooping to liquefied natural gas stations to refill their gas cylinder as report indicates an imminent increase of the Product. Radio Nigeria correspondents, who monitored the situation observed that long queues of customers were seen trying to fill their gas at a popular gas filling station in Molete […]Continue Reading