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The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed an agreement with Morocco’s economy and finance minister Nadia Fettah and state-owned Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) general director Amina Benkhadra to provide $15.45m to help finance a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the proposed Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline.

Five transmission towers on the 330kV Ikeja-West Akangba line supplying Lagos collapsed in December, according to a statement from the state-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which blamed “massive damage” from a fire caused by a vandalised pipeline nearby.

The local Mainstream Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation (PCHE) for rehabilitation and installation works that will add 300MW of capacity to the 760MW Kainji hydroelectric power (HEP) plant.

Nigerian ambitions for the downstream sector remains in limbo, with uncertainty afflicting key projects aimed at ending the ruinously expensive habit of the continent’s major crude producer being a net importer of oil products, writes James Gavin.

Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on 6 December it was in the final stages of upgrading the Kaduna-Jos 330kV line from 500MW to 1,500MW of wheeling capacity.

Contracts to build solar plants in South Africa and Nigeria show how large data projects are being helped by increasingly supple regulation and favourable economics, writes Marc Howard

Two BUA Group subsidiaries have signed agreements for large commercial and industrial (C&I) plants: a 70MW dual fuel plant at BUA Cement’s Obu Line 3 project in the southern Edo state, and a 35MW bagasse plant at BUA Industries’ Lafiagi bagasse project in the western Kwara state.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is making slow progress on rehabilitation schemes at its key refineries. Some $1.5bn is to be invested in its Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) complex to restore it to 90% of its nameplate capacity.

Gas reserves in the Niger Delta could come into play as the government seeks to improve domestic supply, but critics say the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) still does too little to incentivise gas production and expected changes to regulated gas prices are unlikely to change that.

The more optimistic mood emerging in the long under-performing electricity supply industry suggests Nigeria is on the right track in some areas of government-led reform. But persistent failures to develop hydrocarbons resources continue to depress output, raising the spectre of stranded assets despite the key role for gas in the domestic energy transition, while political tensions and conflict around the nation pose real doubts about the future, write African Energy staff and correspondents

Nigeria’s pledge of achieving net-zero by 2060, driven by the increased use of its gas resource and the assent of a new climate bill, is likely to require huge amounts of financing. But as developed nations turn their back on fossil fuels the plan could face a funding impasse.

Seplat and other companies are in talks to acquire ExxonMobil's Nigerian shallow-water business, which would continue the trend of independents buying into majors’ acreage. There is much to play for amid speculation that NNPC could pre-empt the deal, despite its lack of cash, writes James Gavin.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which under the recently-passed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) is being turned into Nigerian National Petroleum Company, is starting to turn its attention to new domestic frontiers, amid opposition from some in the south.

Higher collection rates and cost increases for consumers are creating the fiscal space for Nigeria’s government to revive plans for a string of solar PV projects and direct trading between generation and distribution companies, writes Marc Howard.

Starsight, CrossBoundary, Daystar and Blue Camel are among a growing number of operators who are building a major corporate business as companies seek secure electricity supply, writes Marc Howard.