#lightupnigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has again assured Nigerians that his administration has the political will to provide adequate power supply to the nation. Nigerian Music Nigeria

#lightupnigeria The Federal Government said yesterday that Nigeria was currently recording a shortfall of about 400 million standard cubic feet (scf) per month in gas supply for electricity generation. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

#lightupnigeria Federal Government has ordered the immediate completion of Nigeria’s single largest and oldest power project, the Mambilla hydro power project, located in Gembu, Taraba State. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

Rising atmospheric temperatures, leading to global warming, has in Nigeria exacerbated desertification, drought, sea level rise, health, food and energy security. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

Nigeria’s development process, which has been hampered by inconsistent power supply, has come under scrutiny; especially as the Federal Government has failed repeatedly to find a permanent solution to the problem. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

The West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP), initiated by the Federal Government with governments of Benin, Ghana, and Togo has restarted supply of 30 million standard cubic feet per day (mscf/d) of natural gas to Ghana after a one-year outage caused by pipeline vandalism and fuel quality problems. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

The former Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, has assured Nigerians of adequate gas supply for domestic use as efforts are intensified to get Brass NLG and other gas plants in the country on stream. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

For the first time in seven years, Nigeria’s crude production has risen to 2.5 million barrels per day (mbpd), which was largely attributed to the amnesty programme of the Federal Government, that has restored relative peace in the oil producing region. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

Oando Plc at the weekend commissioned a 12.15 Mega Watts gas power plant, which cost the company N4bn ($25 million) in Lagos. The plant was to be used by the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), which hitherto spent huge amount on diesel to power its plant for water distribution across the Lagos metropolis. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy

In response to the alert from PHCN that Shell Petroleum Development Company had threatened to shut down its gas plant to evacuate condensate, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Muhammed Barkindo, on Monday in Abuja promised that “no gas plant will be shut down.” Mr. Barkindo gave this assurance while responding to questions by journalists. Africa Energy Nigeria Energy