The Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF) has urged the Federal Government to promptly intervene to restore electricity supply in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states. Chairman of NSF, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Yar’adua decried the situation of electricity supply in the three states,...
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Some state governments in the South East have embarked on ways to get alternative source of electricity supply following the incessant collapse of the national grid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national grid has collapsed no fewer than seven times between January and October, 2024,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja + The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed the intention of the Fund to create a new intervention line aimed at addressing the pressing issues of security and power in...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says repairs will commence on the Ugwuaji–Apir 330 Kilo-Volt (KV) Double Circuit transmission line Thursday following discovery of a fault at the Igumale area of Benue. The company said that a team of linesmen from TCN discovered the fault on the line, at...
Power experts have attributed frequent power grid collapses in Nigeria to inadequate investment in modernising and upgrading infrastructure. They said this in seperate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. The experts also emphasised the urgent need for substantial financial commitment to the sector....
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said that more than 40 per cent of Nigerians now enjoy 20 hours of power supply daily across the country. Adelabu, in a statement in Abuja, said the feat was achieved through revolutionary measures taken by the Ministry of Power, with...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday said its tower T372, along Gombe -Damaturu-Maiduguri 330 Kilovolt (kV) transmission line was brought down by vandals on Saturday at about 1:44am. The company’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commenced the implementation of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems to enable real-time monitoring and control of power grid. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, said this when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power went...
The Ebonyi State Government has reiterated its commitment to restoration of power supply in Afikpo communities after a 13-year outage in the area. The state Commissioner for Power and Energy, Mr Peter Oga-Ali, gave the assurance on Monday, after inspection of the power project in Afikpo, Afikpo LG council...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has passed into second reading ‘A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Nasarawa State Electricity Power Agency Law, 2018’ and Provide for Electricity Generation, Transmission, System Operation, Distribution and Supply in the State and for Other Matters...
In what seems like a back-and-forth game, the management of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected power supply to the Kaduna State Government House and other state government offices over unpaid bills amounting to N2.9 billion. This followed an earlier sealing up of Kaduna Electric headquarters by the...
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has disconnected power supply to Aliko Dangote University, Wudil, over outstanding debt of N248 million. The Managing Director, KEDCO, Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Monday that the company had no choice but...
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...
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...
On the technical matters of electricity supply and consumption rates, I am just a layman. I fare even worse when it comes to engaging professional technocrats and technicians on the arithmetic of pricing public goods and services. On goods that ought to be available to all...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given 11 electricity distribution companies till April 11, 2024, to refund customers wrongly billed at the new rate. This was contained in a document signed by Mr Abba Terab, the DGM, Market Competition and Rates for the commission and made available...
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), on Thursday, restored power supply to University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of UCH, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo confirmed the power reconnection to the hospital in an interview with NAN in Ibadan. NAN reports...
Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc says it was as compelled to disconnect power supply to University of Ibadan College Hospital (UCH) due to an outstanding debt. IBEDC’s Chief Key Accounts Officer, Johnson Tinuoye, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that the amount...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday, summoned the Managing Directors of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), over incessant power outages in the state. The summon was sequel to a matter of urgent public importance by Mr Kaycee Osamwonyi, (PDP-Uhunwode) at...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it is ready to supply Niger Republic back with electricity whenever Nigeria lifts the ban on the country. The General Manager Transmission, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Kaduna Region, Mr Ganiyu Aliyu, stated while briefing journalists in Kaduna on...