The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a major milestone in the nation’s power sector, revealing that Nigeria has achieved a new peak power generation of 5,543.20 MW. This landmark event occurred on Friday, 14 February 2025, at precisely 11 pm, surpassing the previous record of 5,478.73MW, which was set just a day earlier, on Thursday, 13 February 2025. …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the grid collapse that occurred at 11:34 on Wednesday was as a result of tripping of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line. A statement by TCN’s General Manager on Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said at the time, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing. “The tripping …

Residents of Abuja have been thrown into darkness after suspected bandits vandalised the 132kV transmission line and underground cables around the Millenium Park axis. Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) spokesperson Ndidi Mbah disclosed in a statement on Friday that over 60 per cent of the power supply to Abuja was affected. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to inform the …

Power projects worth over N2 trillion are yet to be completed, or awarded but yet to start in different parts of the country, according to an investigation by Daily Trust. Over the years, the Nigeria’s power sector appeared to defy solutions aimed at providing sufficient and sustainable electricity supply to the country’s over 230 million populace. Experts believe that no …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced an impending power interruption in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday. TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. She said that on Sunday, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., maintenance work would be carried out on one of the 60MVA power transformers …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that one of its critical infrastructures, the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, has been vandalised, making this incident the sixth of its kind this year. It said key components of the conductor between towers T216 and T218 were stolen by the vandals. A statement by the General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, …

The Senate has begun a probe into the activities of Generation Companies, GenCos, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and Distribution Companies (DisCos), for failing to deliver reliable electricity, describing the power sector as a total failure. It also strongly criticised the power sector operators, saying they have added no significant value to the sector, and threatened to come up …

The managing director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz, says the federal government has spent about N8.8 billion to repair vandalised This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the special adviser on strategic communication and media relations to the minister of power, Bolaji Tunji. Tunji said that Mr Abdulaziz said this on Tuesday at …

The Federal Government is to spend over N500 billion to complete more than 100 abandoned projects for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) across the country. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, stated this on Thursday, during an official visit to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). The minister was in the state to engage with stakeholders, including the …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Wednesday night, disclosed that it had successfully restored bulk power supply through its 330KV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission Line 1 to seven northern states, following the repair of the line. In a statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, TCN disclosed that repair works on the line were completed at 4:56 p.m., on Wednesday. …