The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an equity investment of up to $25m in ARCH Africa Renewable Power Fund, a $250m private equity fund for renewable energy projects in Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa. A statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday by AfDB said that ARPF would provide equity ...
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Babatunde Raji Fashola confirms Buhari’s administration is slow
Babatunde Raji Fashola, the minister of Power, works and Housing Development has on Monday said that president Muhammadu Buhari administration is slowly but it surely delivered his promises to the Nigerians. Fashola stated this when declared open a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on power sector in Lafia the state capital. According to the Minister, “What brings us here today is to ...
Read More »FG partners Morocco on renewable energy
Nigeria is pursuing international partnership with Morocco to create collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance security and sustainable development, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed who disclosed this, while giving account of one-year stewardship, said investments in the power sector is to encourage the implementation of renewable energy ...
Read More »Energy Commission of Nigeria brainstorms on strategies to improve power
The Energy Commission of Nigeria, (ECN), commenced a three-day Capacity Building Training on Energy and Environment to brainstorm on the technology suitable for the actualization of a renewable energy which would reduce waste and improve power in Nigeria. Vanguard reports that the Director-General of the Commission, Prof Eli Jidere Bala, while speaking at the opening of the workshop at the ...
Read More »The Nigerian Built Environment at a glance.
Here is a compilation of what you should know about the Nigerian Built Environment, the structure, challenges and what should be done to make it better. The built environment is the human-made surroundings where people gather to live, work and play. It encompasses both the physical structures where people do these activities and the supporting infrastructure, such as transport, water ...
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