The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that electricity distribution companies (Discos) would have to invest about $4 billion over the next three years to be able to match its ongoing expansion of the national grid to take up…
TCN targets 20,000MW of electricity by 2021 (Thisday)
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has promised that it would attain the capacity to transmit 20,000 megawatts of electricity to Nigerians by 2021. TCN’s Managing Director, Mr. Usman Mohammed gave the assurance Monday during the inauguration of the 1x60MVA,…
7 conditions Nigeria FG must meet to avoid ‘total darkness’ in country- Gencos
Power generation companies (Gencos) in Nigeria have listed six conditions that must be met by the federal government or they shut down their operations. The conditions listed below are coming after the distribution companies (Discos) kicked against the FG’s selection…
Nigeria needs new technologies to address power, metering challenges – Buhari (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria was in dire need of new engineering technologies to address its power supply and metering challenges. Speaking at the 27th Engineering Assembly of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN,…
Nigeria’s power sector loses N300bn in 7 months – VP’s Office
Nigeria’s power sector in seven months of 2018 has lost N300 billion due to insufficient gas supply, distribution, and transmission infrastructure. A report obtained from the Office of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, according to Vanguard, stated that “estimated amount lost…
Buhari vs OBJ – The Battle line is drawn – Magnus Onyibe
There is hardly any fairly educated person that’s not familiar with the wise crack: ‘He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.’ The fight that Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, (OBJ) was spoiling for via a nasty letter…