Uche Cecil Izuora
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Power Generating Companies (APGC), Dr. Joy Ogaji, Gombe State Governor, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, are among dignitaries that will be honoured at the this year’s ENERGY TIMES Award, scheduled to hold in Lagos.
Adelabu will serve as the Special Guest of Honour and will also receive an award.
According to a statement signed by the newspaper’s Editorial Board Chairman, Alhaji Yakubu Lawal, a team of industry experts was constituted as a body of advisers to strengthen the content and credibility of the award.
Lawal further said that the awardees were carefully selected based on their outstanding contributions to the energy sector and their positive impact on the economy and the lives of Nigerians particularly during the year 2025.
He further explained that the 2026 edition of the ENERGY TIMES Award is designed to appreciate and recognise individuals and organisations whose work continues to transform the energy landscape and improve lives across the country.
In the corporate organisations such as PANA Holdings; Momas Group and Egbin Power Limited will also be honoured as Local Content Company of the Year; Innovative /Technology Leadership and Electricity Company of the Year, respectively. Dr. Joy Ogaji will be conferred with the Amazon of the Nigerian Power Sector Award for her remarkable contributions to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
Governor Yahaya will be honoured as Energy Governor of the Year for his outstanding rural and urban energy infrastructure development initiatives in the state.
Also to be honoured is the Managing Director of Renaissance Africa Energy Company, Tony Attah, , who will receive the CEO of the Year Award, while Akinwole Omoboriowo II, Chairman of Genesis Energy, will be honoured as Man of the Year (Africa)
Dr. Diran Fawibe, Chairman of International Energy Services, will receive the Oil Sector Icon of the Year Award, while Engr. Kola Balogun, Chairman of MOMAS Group, will be honoured for his innovative technology leadership, particularly the development of a €3 million MOMAS Technical Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) Centre for Electro-Technology in Ogun State.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Biodun Ogunleye, is also expected as a Special Guest of Honour and a recipient of the Excellence Award.
Other recipients of award are Engr. Aliyu Abubakar, Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA); Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, General Manager, Corporate Communications, NCMDB and Mr. Kennie Obateru, former Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, NNPC Limited.
ENERGY TIMES now in its ninth year, started as a weekly newspaper and is now a bi-weekly publication based in Lagos, the nation’s commercial hub. With a current subscriber base of 1,825 across Nigeria and internationally, ENERGY TIMES operates offices in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt.