Residents of Aba, Abia State, have gone online to celebrate after experiencing days of uninterrupted power supply following the installation of the Geometric Power Plant. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, said the Geometric Power Plant project was a result of the power to dream, adding that with the power …
Read More »We can?t continue to subsidise electricity ? Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has said that the country needs to start implementing a cost-effective tariff model as it can no longer sustain subsidised electricity. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, February 14, Adelabu disclosed that the country owes Generating Companies (GenCos) N1.3 trillion and gas companies …
Read More »Cherry Is The Ultimate Beauty Power Player
Photographed by Alexandra Genova Is ITG obsessed with cherries? Kind of. It started back in December at our holiday shoot. Studios are not the most, um, glamorous of places, so someone (probably Daise) had the bright idea to burn one of the candles in our gift guide early on. It …
Read More »We campaigned for Muslim-Muslim ticket until it came to power, yet we are now suffering – Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria cries out
The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has said that the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket it supported during the 2023 presidential election has fallen short of expectations and has not brought any positive changes to the lives of Nigerians. The President of SCSN, Sheikh AbdurRasheed Hadiyyatullah, said this …
Read More »FG spent N700bn on electricity subsidy in 2023 – Minister of Power reveals
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal government has so far spent N700 billion to subsidize electricity. According to Adelabu, the Federal Government still subsidises electricity because the current tariff DISCOs are allowed to charge is not cost-reflective. The Minister made this known during his official …
Read More »Will raising fuel and power bills make Malaysians go solar?
This year saw an increase in natural disasters the world over, from floods in Libya and New York and deadly wildfires in Hawaii and Greece – all very real effects of climate change. Globally, there have been twice as many days where temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) …
Read More »Clarence Thomas’s Clerks: An ‘Extended Family’ With Reach and Power
In late August, amid a rising outcry over revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas had received decades of undisclosed gifts and free luxury travel, a lawyer in Chicago fired off an email to her fellow former Thomas clerks. “Many of us have been asked recently about the justice,” wrote the lawyer, …
Read More »Refusing to Accept Loss of Power, Polish Right Occupies State TV
Amid a turbulent change of power, Poland’s main state television news channel went abruptly off the air on Wednesday, as the former governing party sent legislators and other supporters to the public broadcasting headquarters to try to prevent new management from taking over. Members of the ousted former government staged …
Read More »Man arrested for stealing Kenya Power equipment
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the arrest of a suspect connected to the spate of transformer vandalism in Kiambu County. The suspect identified as Denis Karanja, was found with a cache of suspected stolen Kenya Power properties believed to have been vandalized within the Makongeni area, …
Read More »TCN should be restructured into two entities ? Minister of Power
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu has described the privatization of the Nigerian power sector as a disappointment. Speaking at the Ministerial Retreat on the Integrated National Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan, the minister outlined plans to restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria to align with the Electricity …
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