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 …

The management of Aba Power Electricity Limited, which provides electric power to nine of the 17 Local Government Areas in Abia State, has apologised to electricity consumers in its coverage area for the blackouts experienced on Tuesday. In a statement by its Managing Director, Mr. Patrick Umeh, the power utility attributed the outages to the nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour …

Nigeria has again been thrown into darkness after the national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State, collapsed. The grid reportedly plummeted to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity in the early hour of Thursday coming from two out of the over 27 electricity generation. This comes barely a week after TCN rolled …

For at least the fourth time this year, the national grid has collapsed again. This latest electricity showdown had at 12:23 pm on Wednesday as the supply crashed to around 40 megawatts. According to The Nation, out of the 11 distribution companies across the country, only the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company recorded 40Mw, while others had zero. The power outage has been …