Prepare to Receive, Distribute 6,100MW of Electricity in Next Six Months, FG Tells Distribution Companies
Mulls N300bn funding to close 7m metering gap Says bill to replicate local content in power sector underway
Peter Uzoho and Oluchi Chibuzor
The federal government has charged all the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos)
in the country to be ready to receive and distribute not less than 6,100 megawatts (MW) of
electricity in the next six months. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who stated this, also
announced the government's plan to secure funding ranging from N250 billion to N300 billion
to close the over seven million Continued on page 5
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DMO: Nigeria Paid $3.5bn to Service External Debt Stock of $42.495bn Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
L-R: Executive Director/Chief Risk Officer, Zenith General Insurance, Mr. Wasem Yaji; Chairman, Board of Directors, Zenith General Insurance, Dr. Jim Ovia, CFR; Managing Director, Zenith General Insurance, Mr. Jude Modilim; and Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer, Zenith General Insurance, Mrs. Nkechi Orewa, at the Zenith Insurance 20th Anniversary/Award Night at the Civic Centre in Lagos…Friday
Nigeria paid a total sum of $3.503,509,331.53 to service its external debt stock of $42.495 billion between January and December 2023, the latest Continued on page 5
Slain Soldiers: Military Relaxes Siege to Delta Communities, Indigenes Commence Gradual Return Delta advisory council urges military, presidency to open access to communities DHQ releases pictures of 97 wanted terrorists Military rescues 78 hostages in Borno, 16 abducted schoolchildren in Sokoto Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Sylvester Idowu in Warri The military high command on the trail of the killers of four officers and 13 soldiers in Delta State has
relaxed the siege to Okuama and Okoloba communities, creating opportunities for some indigenes to return to their ancestral homes. Continued on page 5
PHILANTHROPIC GESTURE… Kyari: Nigeria Requires $15bn to Strengthen ANOTHER L-R: Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Fatima Aliko Dangote; President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; and the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, during the presentation of a 10 kilogramme bag of rice Existing Gas Infrastructure... Page6 to one of the beneficiaries at the flag-off ceremony of Aliko Dangote Foundation’s Food Intervention Programme, in Kano…yesterday