Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed a widespread power outage in sections of Kaduna on the toppling of a transmission tower, triggered by intense rainfall and strong winds. TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, detailed the event in a statement released from Abuja on Saturday....
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Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that a thunderstorm on September 3 severed the 132kV Otukpo–Nsukka–New Haven transmission line, causing significant damage. TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Mrs. Mbah said “The cut conductor fell...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has highlighted vandalism of critical power infrastructure as a primary driver of frequent national grid failures, disrupting electricity supply nationwide. During a community outreach program in Umelu, Benin, Edo State, Charles Iwuamadi, TCN’s General Manager for the Benin Region, emphasized the severe impact of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that a suspected vandal was fatally electrocuted while attempting to tamper with Tower 34 along the Nkalagu-Abakaliki 132 Kilo Volt (kV) Line in Ebonyi State on July 19. The company’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully restored normal bulk electricity supply to the Northeastern part of the country. The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, announcement this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mrs. Mbah said the supply was...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has sad that work is ongoing to erect three towers along the 33 Kilo Volt (KV) Kainji-Birnin Kebbi transmission line which collapsed on May 7. The Company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday announced that it would perform annual maintenance on a 60MVA, 132/33KV transformer at the Benin transmission substation on Friday, between 10a.m. and 6p.m. A statement in Benin on Thursday, by Ndidi Mbah, GM, Public Affairs, TCN in Benin, said the scheduled...
By JOY ADAR, Abuja- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored bulk power supply through its 132 Kilo Volt (KV) Owerri-Ahoada transmission line to the national grid. The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said that...
The General Manager of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Lagos Branch, Engr Mojeed Akintola-Akinbiyi, has said leveraging Artificial Intelligence(AI) will enhance the company’s operational efficiency. Akintola-Akinbiyi said this at the 2nd graduate induction for the 2023/2024 set of the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SEET), Olusegun Agagu...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has faulted the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for allegedly misleading the public over power outages in Benin district. A statement by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, on Sunday in Benin said that TCN’s maintenance work had nothing to do with...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it will conveniently evacuate 10,000 megawatts (mw) of generated power in less than two years from now. Managing Director, TCN, Alhaji Sule Abdulaziz, said this while briefing State House Correspondents on Thursday. He said for the first time in the nation’s history,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the nation’s power sector has achieved a new peak generation for the year 2025, which was successfully transmitted. The management of the company in a statement on Tuesday, said new feat was recorded on Sunday,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it would carry out an annual preventive maintenance on two transformers at the Apo 132/33 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission substation. The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja– The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it successfully restored full bulk power supply to Katampe- Central Area, Abuja 132/33 Kilo Volt (KV)lines 1&2 on Thursday. TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja– The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has said no system collapse has been recorded this year but line tripping. The company said this in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Saturday. It said ”TCN management will like to reiterate that there has...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the restoration of the Omotosho-Ikeja West Transmission line after it tripped on Wednesday. The company’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the line had been successfully restored...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it is currently carrying out restoration work on a vandalized underground transmission line located near the Millennium Park in Abuja. The Company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday said its tower T195 along the Ugwuaji – Makurdi 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line was vandalised on Saturday. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said in a statement in Abuja, that the vandalism...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the restoration of full bulk power to its 132/33 Kilo Volt (KV) Apo transmission substation in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, who disclosed this on Friday Vai...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said more than 18 transmission towers were vandalised between Jan 9 and Jan 14 across Rivers, Abia, and Kano states. General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on...