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Nigeria: Minister Wants IPP Licences Reviewed

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
The Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola, has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to review some of the licences it has issued so far to determine which of the licensees are serious about ensuring power generation.


Nigeria: FCT Residents Blast FG Over Jumbo Budget for Generator

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lambasted the presidency for proposing to spend a whopping N2 billion on generators, while the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) continues to suffer Nigerians with poor power supply. Many residents of

Nigeria: Youth Want Desopadec to Expedite Action On New Refineries

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Youth from oil producing communities in Delta State have called on the state intervention agency, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to step up efforts on the establishment of proposed modular refineries in the state.

Nigeria: Country Must Diversify From Crude Oil - Aliyu

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu has called on the Federal Government to diversify from dependency on crude oil as a way out of the present global crash in prizes of the product.


Rwanda: Investors Cry for Enough, Cheaper and Reliable Energy

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
In the East Africa Community (EAC) framework, all member states are fighting tooth and nail to win a considerable market share.

Nigeria: Activist Faults Budget 2009

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
A Human Rights Activist, Chief Peter O. Wanogho, has described the 2009 Federal Government Budget as a ruse and condemned the move by Government to power some parts of Abuja with power generating sets.

Nigeria: NSHA Calls for Probe of Farin Ruwa Project

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has called on Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma to institute a probe into the hydro-electric power plant project at Farin Ruwa in Wamba local government area of the state.

Nigeria: Osun Faults FG's Decision on Excess Crude Oil

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Osun State Government has faulted the decision of the Federal Government to stop the payment of excess crude oil to states and local governments, saying that the Federal Government lacks the powers to do so.

Ghana: NPA Warns General Public of Imposters

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has expressed concern about the way some imposters are going around the country issuing fraudulent registration forms to unsuspecting Petroleum Products Retail Outlets and subsequently authorizing them to operate, after the payment of determined levies

Mozambique: Fuel Prices Fall

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
For the fourth consecutive month, the Mozambican government has cut the price of liquid fuels in response to the international fall in oil prices.

Nigeria: Workers Want Action on Fuel

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to drop its deregulation policy as it affects the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

Sierra Leone: U.S.$200 Million Bioenergy Project for the Country - 4,000 Jobs Assured

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
President Ernest Bai Koroma Tuesday Launched a 200-Million-Dollar Project That Would See the Production of Renewable Energy And Employ More Than 4,000 Sierra Leoneans At Lungi Acre, Makari Gbanti Chiefdom

Nigeria: Oil Producing Communites Criticize Commission

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
PRESIDENT of the Izon-Ibe Oil Producing Community Forum ( IOPCF), Chief Favour Izuokumor, has accused the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), of failing to meet the basic expectations of the oil bearing communities which it was set

Nigeria: Obama's Energy Plan Bad for Country - Soludo

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
The authorities in Nigeria are having sleepless nights over some of the economic policies of President Barack Obama of the United States of America.

Nigeria: Country's Gas Key Player in EU Gas Supplies'

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Czech Ambassador to Nigeria, Jaroslav Siro has disclosed that the interest in the Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline project remains high going by the crisis generated by the Russian/Ukraine face-off.

Nigeria: New AG Director for DPR

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Godwin Ukpaima Billy Agha has been appointed acting Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) by the Federal Government.

Nigeria: Obama's Energy Call 'Threatens' Nation

23.01.2009 02:13    allafrica.com
Twenty-four hours after Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has warned that the energy policy of the new administration may spell doom

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