Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the restoration of electricity supply following the successful completion of a planned maintenance operation at the 132/33kV Apo Transmission Substation in Abuja. In a statement issued on Sunday, the company said electricity was fully restored at 4:08 p.m. after engineers completed repair...
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for an urgent investigation into the Federal Ministry of Power after the Auditor-General of the Federation reportedly flagged over ₦95.4 billion spent by the ministry in 2022 without supporting documents or official records. The demand was contained in the latest edition...
Concerned Irigwe youths have called for an investigation into the alleged ₦194.9 million debt owed the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) by the Miango Community Energy Project Enterprise, following 11 years of electricity blackout in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Speaking on behalf of the youths...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has dismissed claims by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) over the recent power outage affecting parts of Lekki, insisting that the information released by the distribution company did not accurately reflect what transpired at the Lekki Transmission Substation. In a statement issued by...
Federal Government has launched the Renewable Asset Management Company (RAMCO), a new initiative designed to improve the management and sustainability of publicly financed renewable energy assets and mobilise about N3 trillion in fresh investment into the sector. Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, unveiled RAMCO at a stakeholders’ event in...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the collapse of five transmission towers along the Ikot Abasi – Eket 132kV Double Circuit Transmission Line as a result of severe acts of vandalism. The company announced this in a statement issued on Friday via it verified X handle (formerly Twitter)...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Region, has successfully commissioned a new 150 MVA 330/132/33kV power transformer at its Afam IV Transmission Substation in Rivers State on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The management of the company announced this in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Port-Harcourt....
Let it not turn out to be what I am thinking: that former Ekiti State governor and newly appointed Chairman of the Board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ayo Fayose, has already found an alibi for explaining away the possible failure of the agency under his watch. Because...
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has dissolved the board of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) plc with immediate effect. The Commission in a statement on Monday said the development follows severe financial insolvency accumulating to the tune of 456.5 billion Naira. It explained that the utility remitted only 41.93...
Minister of Power, Mr Joseph Tegbe, on Friday inaugurated former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Also inaugurated are Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Mr Ilyasu Makinta and three others as members and non-executive directors, with Mr Abba Aliyu...
Federal Government has stepped up efforts to deliver reliable electricity across Nigeria’s health facilities, advancing key measures under the Nigeria Power for Health Initiative (NPHI) to strengthen governance, accelerate implementation and improve healthcare delivery nationwide. At its Third Meeting, the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC) on the Nigeria Power for...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said 6 of its transmission towers, T995, T998, T999, T1002, T1003, and T1004, along the Yola–Jalingo 330kV Transmission Line have been vandalized. The Company in a statement on Wednesday said the incident was discovered during a routine line patrol by TCN Engineers on...
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have formalised a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of sustainable digital infrastructure across Nigeria through the integration of renewable energy solutions and telecommunications infrastructure. The partnership was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at...
Nigeria’s efforts to scale up delivery of seven million smart electricity meters and close its metering gap received a boost on Thursday, with the flag-off in Abuja of POWER FORCE, a training programme that will produce 5,000-meter installers across the country. The Power Force programme is being implemented under...
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has concluded a training programme for journalists. In a statement, the Commission said the workshop was designed to improve journalists’ understanding of regulatory activities and strengthen the quality of reporting on the electricity sector. The three-day capacity-building workshop organised for energy correspondents and media...
Kaduna State Government has described Governor Uba Sani’s assent to three strategic laws as a major step towards accelerating economic growth, strengthening institutions and promoting sustainable development across the state. The laws include the Kaduna State Electricity Law, 2026, Kaduna State Agricultural Development Fund (KADFund) Law, 2025, and the...
The Federal Government of Nigeria Tuesday signed the Concession Agreement for the Grand Katsina-Ala Hydropower Project, formally appointing Maverick Energy Partners as preferred concessionaire for the development, financing, construction and operation of a 460 MW storage hydropower facility on the Katsina-Ala River in Benue State under a 35-year Design,...
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commended the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) for recent consumer focused reforms aimed at stopping estimated billing within the Lagos electricity market. The Commission particularly welcomed LASERC’s position in the 2025 Lagos Electricity Market Report supporting the enforcement of existing...
Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has denied reports claiming he promised to fix the country’s electricity grid within three months, describing the reports as false and misleading. The minister in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Adeola Adelabu, clarified that he never made such a commitment during his Senate...
– Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a fiscal expert, has been nominated to replace Adebayo Adelabu, the immediate former Minister of Power, who resigned recently to pursue his 2027 governorship bid in Oyo state. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made the nomination on Thursday pending Senate confirmation. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe is...