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FG overhauling national grid to improve power supply – Minister
The federal government says it is overhauling the national grid to reduce the frequent disturbances and improve power supply across the country. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a media briefing. Mr Adelabu said the national grid was over 50 years old and had weak, obsolete, and dilapidated […]
Power Supply: Nigerian govt sets up committee to resolve gas shortage
The Nigerian government has set up a ministerial committee towards resolving the challenges associated with gas supply to power-generating companies (GenCos) in the country. Bolaji Tunji, special adviser on strategic communication and media relations to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Earlier in the month, the Nigerian government […]
EFCC arraigns ex-ministers over alleged $6bn Hydropower Project fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on corruption charges concerning a failed multi-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydropower project. Mr Agunloye, 75, was arraigned on seven counts of fraudulent award of contract and official corruption at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja. […]
Tinubu gives Power Minister deadline to submit progress report on Dubai negotiation
President Bola Tinubu has written the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to submit a progress report on the agreements related to the electricity sector, signed during the recently concluded United Nations Climate Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to THIS DAY. In a letter seen yesterday, the president gave the […]
Just In: EFCC Declares Former Power Minister, Olu Agunloye, Wanted Over $6bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, wanted over an alleged $6 billion fraud related to the controversial Mambilla hydropower project. Agunloye served as minister during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration (1999-2003) and was at the centre of the Mambilla project controversy, which involved the […]