By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored full power supply through the Gombe-Damaturu- Maiduguri 330 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission line. The Company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah said that...
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The Federal Government says it is overhauling the national grid to reduce the frequent disturbances and improve power supply across the country. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a media briefing. Adelabu said that the national grid was over 50 years...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it is intensifying efforts at restoring power to the northern parts of the country. The Managing Director, TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, said in Abuja on Tuesday at a media briefing that the ongoing repairs of the damaged transmission line that led to...
The former gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), in Katsina State, Alhaji Imran Jino, has said people affected by the prolonged power outage in the North should be compensated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jino was the PRP gubernatorial candidate in Katsina for the...
The Head, Corporate Communications, Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), Dr Elijah Adakole, has said the reoccurring national power grid collapse is affecting Distribution Companies’ (DISCOs) revenue generation. Adakole, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Jos. He explained that most of...
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,...
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...