The Power Generation Companies (GenCos), have appealed to the Federal Government and key stakeholders to settle electricity debts owned them for electricity generation to enable them remain in business. Retired Col. Sani Bello, the Board Chairman, Power Generation Companies said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday....
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria( (TCN), has said its tower T290, one of the four new towers erected by its contractors along the Jos – Gombe 330 Kilo Volt (kV} transmission line, collapsed during the cable stringing process. TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – There was wild jubilation in Ningo Sambe, a community in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State as electricity was restored after many months of blackout. The community had been without electricity following the vandalization of its transformer by yet-to-be identified vandals. The...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said the state government has entered into negotiations with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to secure 80 megawatts of power for Umuahia. Otti said this during an interdenominational thanksgiving service organised by the government to celebrate the governor’s one year in office...
The Federal Government has said it plans to provide energy access to 95 million Nigerians who are currently underserved through Distributed Energy Resources (DRE). The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Abuja on Friday at the Ministerial briefing on the performance of President Bola Tinubu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reassured the North East Governors Forum (NEGF), that it is doing everything possible to restore power supply to the region by May 27. TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it plans to support Nigeria’s power sector with one billion dollars to boost electricity. AfDB Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth Complex, Dr Kevin Kariuki, said this on Thursday at the Eight Africa Energy MarketPlace (AEMP) Forum in...
NLC ,TUC shut down ministry of power, TCN, NERC over electricity tariff hike Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently protesting at the Federal Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria in Abuja over the “Band A” tariff hike....
‘Up NEPA’, a documentary that chronicles the lingering challenges of electricity supply in Nigeria has premiered in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that filmmakers, industry stakeholders, representatives of relevant institutions and electricity consumers were present at the screening of the film...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ifako village, a local community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been plagued by the lack of government presence and basic amenities, leading its residents to appeal urgently for intervention from the state authorities. Our correspondent conducted a fact-finding...
Some power experts have commended Federal Government’s decision to unbundle the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), saying this will improve access to electricity. They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),...
Partial electricity supply has been restored to Gombe after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) affected some repairs on its four transmission towers vandalised on Monday. Spokesman of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc., Dr Adakole Elijah stated on Saturday that it had started to receive supply from Bauchi...
Small business operators and residents in parts of the country have continued to decry the almost total power outage in their area, which has almost paralysed business activities. The development they said had impacted negatively on both their economic and social lives. According to them, they can no...
The Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to inaugurate a 132/33KV electricity substation in Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa in order to end the 15 years of blackout in Ondo South Senatorial District. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the over 2,000 communities in the five...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has said the state government would address the power challenge in the State by replicating the Geometric Power project. Governor Soludo said this while presenting the scorecard of his two years stewardship in office in Awka on Sunday. The governor said the electricity...
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Most Rev. Dr Paulinus Ezeokafor, has commended Gov. Chukwuma Soludo for his achievements so far. Ezeokafor made the commendation during the interdenominational church service to mark Soludo’s two years in office, in Awka on Sunday. He said it was impressive that...
The Lack of steady power supply, further worsened by insurgency, has continued to affect businesses and other activities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three states, known as BAY states, are the worst affected by the activities of insurgency...
The Federal Government is set to increase electricity megawatts from 4000 to 6000 within the next three to six months to improve power supply. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Abuja on Monday, while meeting with the Heads of Power Agencies and other stakeholders...
An electricity consumer Mr Jimoh Olarewaju has said the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is aggravating suffering of its consumers in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Olarewaju, who resides in Kubwa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The Nigerian Institute of Physics (NIP) says that only 13,112,134 Nigerians are registered to have access to electricity in Nigeria, out of its total estimated population of 230 million people. The General Manager, Regulation and Compliance, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ali Bukar Ahmad, made this known on...