Energy in Brief: 8 November 2026
NNPC and the power minister disagree over gas, generation dips below 2,700 MW, Ghana goes after unpaid bills, and a Kenyan tribunal clears Dangote's Lamu refinery.
In 30 seconds
- NNPC says its gas pipelines are open and gas output is up about 10 per cent this year, after the minister and NISO blamed gas shortages for poor supply.
- Generation was 2,692 MW at 10am on Saturday, The Sun reported. The minister says the first Egbin units return within 48 to 72 hours of Friday.
- The naira closed the week at ₦1,349 to the dollar in the official market, about 0.22 per cent weaker.
- Ghana's ECG starts a three-week drive to collect unpaid bills on Monday.
The day's energy news in a few minutes.
Power
NNPC said on Saturday that the pipelines run by its gas unit are available without constraints and that gas output is up about 10 per cent this year. That cuts against the Ministry of Power and NISO, who blamed poor supply this week partly on gas shortages at thermal plants. NNPC says it supports a joint review of the data. Read more. How can both sides be right? Our simple guide.
Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe also blamed planned maintenance at Egbin in Lagos and sabotage of transmission lines. He said on Friday that the first units should return "within the next 48 to 72 hours". Why Egbin matters so much, simply.
Generation on the grid was 2,692 MW at 10am on Saturday, The Sun reported, with 14 plants producing nothing at that hour. We have not seen the figure from NISO.
Money
The naira closed Friday at ₦1,349 to the dollar in the official market, from ₦1,346 a week earlier, Nairametrics reported from CBN data. Official turnover was about $1.45 billion from Monday to Thursday. Read more.
The Dangote refinery has a new chief financial officer, Betul Sarikaya, a Turkish executive who previously worked at PwC and SOCAR's STAR refinery, Türkiye Today reported, citing her own LinkedIn post. We have not seen an announcement from the company.
Africa
Ghana's Electricity Company (ECG) starts a nationwide drive to collect unpaid bills on Monday, running to 27 November. Customers in arrears face disconnection, and illegal connections face arrest, the company says. Read more.
Zambia's power line to Tanzania should be commissioned by mid-2029, the energy minister told Parliament on Thursday. It would let Zambia trade up to 500 MW between the southern and eastern African power pools. Read more.
A Kenyan tribunal has dismissed a consumer group's challenge to Dangote's planned 700,000 barrel-a-day refinery at Lamu. It ruled the group had not shown the project is a public-private partnership. Read more.
Sources
- Premium Times: NNPC says its gas supply not cause of low power generation (7 Nov 2026)
- Nairametrics: Tegbe says electricity supply to improve within 72 hours (7 Nov 2026)
- The Sun: Electricity supply crisis worsens, generation dips to 2,692MW (8 Nov 2026)
- Nairametrics: Naira weakens 0.22% as FX turnover slows to $1.45 billion (7 Nov 2026)
- Graphic Online: ECG nationwide revenue mobilisation starts November 9 (7 Nov 2026)
- Zambia Monitor: Zambia-Tanzania power interconnector to be commissioned by 2029 (5 Nov 2026)
- Reuters via CNBC Africa: Kenyan tribunal dismisses challenge to Dangote's planned refinery (5 Nov 2026)
- Türkiye Today: Turkish executive Betul Sarikaya takes CFO role at Dangote refinery (6 Nov 2026)
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