Aba Power Electric Ltd, Nigeria’s newest electricity distribution company, is working towards obtaining more natural gas supplies from its partners to increase electricity to nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State it services as the Transmission…
Blackout: 6 power plants reconnected, power 90% restored – TCN
Twenty-four hours after Nigeria’s electricity grid suffered its sixth collapse this year, recovery efforts are underway. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reassured consumers that full restoration will be achieved soon. It added that power restoration was at 90%.…
Strike: Labour shuts down national grid
The Labour Union has deliberately shut down Nigeria’s national grid, leading to a nationwide blackout. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported that the grid was brought to a halt at approximately 2:19 am on June 3, 2024. According to…
For umpteenth time, Nigerians thrown into darkness as national grid collapses
For the umpteenth time, Nigeria’s power grid experienced another collapse in the early hours of Monday, April 15, 2024, according to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), between 2:00 am till the time of filing this report.…
Abuja loses 250MW as vandals destroy TCN tower
Bulk power supply flexibility and volume of power into Abuja has reduced by 250MW following destruction of Tower 70 along the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s 330kV Gwagwalada-Katampe Transmission line in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Transmission Company of Nigeria…
Abuja to experience 7-hour blackout this weekend
Parts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, will experience a seven-hour blackout on Saturday and Sunday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has said. TCN, in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, on Saturday, said there would…
20,000 Aba landlords mobilise against TCN over blackout
Over 20,000 members of the Aba Landlords Protection and Development Association (ALPDA) will mobilise to the Alaoji power plant in Abia State and occupy it if within the next 24 hours the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) fails to rescind…