BY HOPE LEKWA In many Nigerian households, the use of multiple cooking fuels, known as fuel stacking, has become a common practice. Instead of relying on a single cooking method, families alternate between traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood and modern alternatives such as gas or electric stoves. This habit reflects complex realities: economic constraints, […]
Lagos State Government yesterday said that it would need at least N1.5bn to enable it distributes Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG cylinders to 1 million homes in the state over a period of five years. The Government added that it would assist the Federal Government in the generation of power supply, adding that it […]
Nigeria, being the Africa’s top oil producer and largest holder of natural gas reserves on the continent imported 764,000 barrels of Liquefied Petroleum Gas,(LPG) from the United States in 2014, the first time since 2010, according to the Energy Information Administration, (EIA). Data obtained from the EIA, the statistical arm of US Department of Energy, […]
Despite the unprecedented level of investment in the power sector and increase in electricity tariffs, power supply situation in Nigeria is still the same with the gap between demand and supply widening sharply in the urban areas even after the privatization exercise. Even though power generation has barely improved beyond 4000 megawatts over the past […]
The Lagos State Government has distributed over 20,000 Liquefied PG Cylinders to residents across the 57 LG/LCDA in the State in order to promote the use of cooking gas and reduce hazards associated with the use of firewood and kerosene. The Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Engr. Taofeek Tijani disclosed this at the free […]