By Femi Anamelechi Geometric Power, Nigeria’s foremost integrated electricity group, has suffered its first blackout in 60 days.The blackout started at 4.33 am, according to Edise Ekong, the Senior Brand and Communication Manager of Aba Power Electricity Company Ltd, the distribution subsidiary of the group.Ekong, in a statement in Aba early this morning, attributed the…
By Femi Anamelechi The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service cannot stop reinventing the wheel of operational efficiency at the Nation’s Premium gateway. With the recent launch the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), a digital innovation aimed at enhancing national security, boosting revenue generation, and facilitating seamless trade across Nigeria’s ports, Comptroller Emmanuel…
By Femi Anamelechi The Ahiajioku Research Centre, a parastatal of the Imo State government set up to research and promote the Igbo civilization, will honour the founder and chairman of the Geometric Power Group, Professor Bart Nnaji, for successfully delivering the over $800m Aba Independent Power project in Abia State. The honour will take place…
By Clement Olumba The 12th edition of West Africa’s leading energy event, NIGERIA ENERGY (formally Power Nigeria), officially opened on Tuesday October 28, 2025 at the Landmark Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event which has become a major hub, where manufacturers, policy makers, professionals, consumers and more within the entire power value chain converge…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched a new digital verification platform designed to curb vehicle smuggling, enhance transparency, and strengthen accountability in the automobile importation process.The initiative, known as the Customs Verification Management System (CVMS), was officially unveiled on Monday, 20 October 2025, at the NCS Headquarters in Abuja by the…
By Femi Anamelechi Electricity consumers in the Southeast geopolitical zone have lauded Aba Power Electricity Ltd for supplying people and businesses in the Aba Ring-fenced Area of Abia State uninterrupted power in the last 45 days.Aba Power provides electricity to nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State known as the Aba…
By Prof. Bart Nnaji, CON, NNOM, FAS, FAEng. Chairman, Geometric Power Group Education represents progress. The most fundamental difference between the developed nations and the developing ones is the level and quality of education. A leading African American civil rights activist, Ella J. Baker (1903-1986), famously quipped, “show the light, and the people will find…
By Femi Anamelechi The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Custom Service Adewale Adeniyi, has promised to build stronger collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission in the bid to improve revenue generation, enhance national security, and safeguard public safety through tighter monitoring of imported communication equipments. Adewale Adeniyi Bashir (MFR) disclosed this on Tuesday 30 September, 2025, when…
By Femi Anamelechi The Aba Independent Power Project, developed by Geometric Power, Nigeria’s only integrated electric power company has been described as world class by Mr. Richard Mills who is the American Ambassador to Nigeria. He made known his assessment of Geometric Power after he led a team of top American embassy officials on a…
By Femi Anamelechi The APC led government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has secured $238m support to strengthen Nigeria’s national power grid, following high-level engagements led by Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. The $238 million JICA loan, complemented by Nigeria’s N19 billion counterpart funding,…
