Metering
Nigeria: Commission seeks stakeholder input on metering initiatives
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued a consultation paper to review the various options to fast-track the closure of the metering gap.
Finance and Policy
Nigeria: How the electricity supply industry performed in Q2 2020
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued a report, outlining the performance of the electricity supply industry in Q2 2020.
Transmission and Distribution
Ikeja Electric to reward whistle blowers about energy theft
Nigeria's electricity distributor Ikeja Electric has introduced incentives for whistle blowers who report on meter tampering and energy thieves within its network.
Future Energy
Nigerian universities to sport Africa’s largest solar hybrid project
A third of the Rural Electrification Agency’s Energising Education Programme is installed, which aims to light up 37 Nigerian universities and seven teaching hospitals when completed.
Business and markets
Nigerian consortium acquires 45% share in oil licence OML 17
Heirs Holdings in partnership with Transcorp have acquired a 45% participating interest in Nigerian oil licence OML 17 and related assets.
Interviews
Kofoworola Olokun-Olawoyin – An African Power & Energy Elites personality
Kofoworola Olokun-Olawoyin is head of Legal Advisory & Contract for Eko Distribution Plc in Nigeria and is featured in The African Power & Energy Elites 2021.
Renewable energy
Micro-utilities are changing the urban model
Rensource Energy seeks to bridge the energy gap faced by Nigerian MSMEs by deploying solar-hybrid captive power solutions.
Renewable energy
Connecting rural Nigeria
A mini-grid project comprising 100kW solar PV, 192kWh battery energy storage and 88kW diesel backup provides energy to rural Nigeria.
Solar
Solar bolsters public-private partnership
Through a private-public partnership, Havenhill Synergy Limited and the Rural Electrification Agency intend to end blackouts in Nigeria.
Solar
C&I solar market prospects in West Africa looking bright
C&I solar power provider Starsight has invested in Nigerian facilities management business UPDC Facility Management (UPDC FM).
Business and markets
Nigeria: Shell completes the sale of its 30% interest in Oil...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has completed the sale of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease 17 in the Eastern Niger Delta.
Business and markets
Globeleq expanding into Nigerian power business
Independent power generation company Globeleq will take a 74% stake in Nigerian power business CPGNL Limited.
