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Electricity Supply to 11 DisCos Rises to 4,871MW as Power Generation Improves Nationwide

Temitope Nlewemchi — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:22:12 +0000

Nigeria’s electricity supply to the country’s eleven Distribution Companies (DisCos) has surged to 4,871 megawatts (MW), marking one of the highest levels recorded in 2025 and signaling gradual improvement in national power generation and distribution. The increase, industry experts say, reflects the combined effect of enhanced generation capacity, improved grid stability, and ongoing efforts by [...]

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Powerless: Nigeria’s Unending Struggle with Electricity

Abiodun KOMOLAFE — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 08:29:45 +0000

Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one can safely say that this year marks the 142nd anniversary of commercial electricity globally. It also means that all this talk about [...]

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Power Surge: Nigeria Set for Enhanced Supply by Mid-2024, Says Minister

Temitope Nlewemchi — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:36:14 +0000

Ambassador Maitama Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that the Siemens gas deal between Nigeria and Germany is set to usher in a new era of improved power supply for Nigerians, with significant changes expected by the first half of 2024. This optimistic revelation was shared during Tuggar’s appearance on the Politics Today [...]

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Past Governments Ensured Power Generation Didn’t Improve – Lai Mohammed

David Folami — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:25:13 +0000

Lai Mohammed had disclosed that the past governments abandoned 800 containers of power equipment meant to help boost power generation in the country. The minister made this known when he featured on a national television on Saturday to discuss on the state of the nation. He said the containers were abandoned because contractors were not [...]

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Power Generation And Distribution Have More Than Doubled From 2015 – Garba Shehu

David Folami — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 07:38:29 +0000

The Presidency has asked Nigerians to pause and count the many blessings of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to the country’s economy. “The presidency wants Nigerians to count the blessings that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought to the country’s economy, irrespective of the other areas where the government is still working hard to [...]

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TCN Achieves New Record Peak Power Generation At 4883.9MW

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:31:32 +0000

The Transmission Company Nigeria (TCN), yesterday, said it has achieved a new record peak generation of 4883.9 Megawatts (Mw) and the highest maximum daily energy delivery of 106,288.48Mw. A statement signed by the Asst. General Manager (Public Affairs), Clement Ezeolisah, explained that the new feat was achieved at 21.15hours on November 23. The previous peak [...]

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VP Osinbajo Discloses Nigeria’s Move To Harness Alternative Energy Sources To Improve Power

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:48:37 +0000

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday stated that the federal government was working on providing alternative energy sources through a mix of renewable and nuclear energy to improve power generation in the country. He also disclosed that in addition to the existing mix of hydro and thermal sources of power generation, there were efforts [...]

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