THE INVISIBLE GRID

NERC just found companies plugged into Nigeria’s national grid that it couldn’t properly see. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission issued Order NERC/2026/013 on March 9, giving all privately owned transmission substations connected to the...

THE GAS KIT GAMBLE

Tinubu’s answer to ₦1,000 petrol arrives in two to three weeks. The crisis is already here. Petrol crossed ₦1,000 per litre. Transport fares moved the same week. One Abuja commercial driver raised his fare from ₦400 to ₦700 in a single week just to...

PAYING FOR DARKNESS

Edo residents billed for power they haven’t received in months On Monday in Benin City, protesters gathered at Ring Road carrying banners that read: “We pay for light and they give us darkness.” Governor Monday Okpebholo was passing by. He stopped....

YOUR FUEL COST A WAR

Dangote raised its gantry price by ₦101 this morning. Iran is why. You don’t control the Strait of Hormuz. You have nothing to do with what America and Israel decided about Iran last weekend. But before Monday morning was over, Dangote Refinery suspended...

THE POWER PROJECT THAT KEEPS RESTARTING

A European consortium is back at the table for an infrastructure deal first announced in 2021. Still no turbines. The federal government reopened talks this weekend with a European consortium over a power infrastructure project first announced in 2021. The original...