The national grid experienced a system disturbance on Friday, plunging some parts of the country, especially Lagos, into darkness. This is coming at a time when the Federal Government is celebrating what it called the historic rise in power generation to 6,000MW. Our correspondent reports that power generation suddenly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 pm from about 4,000MW the hours …

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital that the strike was due to a power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas. …

Blackout as national grid collapses The national grid experienced another system collapse on Wednesday, throwing many Nigerians into darkness. The grid lost power generation a few minutes after 11 am. The spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah has yet to respond to a message sent to her by The PUNCH as she said she was at …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has promised to restore electricity to the Uli campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University after 21 years of blackout. He also assured the institution of access to the internet and WiFi in public places within the campus and expressed optimism that this will further deepen the school’s access to the digital world. Soludo made …

Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) has backed the recent stand of the Northern Governors Forum, and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over the blackout in the region. In a statement, the President of the movement, Dr, Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu said. “We at NSNCM are in full support with the recent communique issued at the Northern State Governors Forum meeting …

Nigerians have been thrown into darkness once again following the collapse of the national power grid, marking the third such incident in just one week. The repeated power failures have intensified frustrations across the country, as businesses, homes, and critical infrastructure continue to feel the pinch of the nation’s unreliable electricity supply. The grid collapse occurred early Saturday morning, with …

ALL parts of Nigeria have been thrown into darkness as a result of the power system collapse. The Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, which have no power to supply to customers, have apologized to their customers. In a notice to its customers, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), stated: “EEDC wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system …

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, declared that it had never suspended the night shift or embarked on strike as erroneously perceived by members of the public. It was reported that the Joint Action Committee, a coalition of all hospital unions except the ARD and Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), yesterday, recorded its second electricity system collapse in 2024. The incident scuttled the distribution of electricity by the electricity distribution companies (DisCos), to all parts of the nation. In a notice to its customers, the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), stated: “Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 16.28 hours, which has …

Four northern states are currently experiencing power outages due loss of bulk power supply by the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company. The affected states are Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Kebbi. A statement by the Kaduna DisCo Head of Corporate Communications, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, confirmed the development on Sunday. According to Abdullahi, the power supply would be restored as soon as DisCo received …