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. …

The Federal Government, through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it would investigate the cause of the multiple power grid collapses that occurred on Monday and Tuesday. This was as the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu said there was nothing like a grid collapse but a trip-off. TCN said the national grid experienced what it called a partial …

The national grid collapsed on Monday, plunging millions of Nigerians into darkness. Electricity distribution companies across the country said the grid collapsed around 6:48 p.m., resulting in the loss of power supply across their networks. According to a statement on X by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), the national grid collapsed at 6:58 pm. AEDC said a system failure at …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday said vandals had destroyed  two of its towers that were earlier rebuilt. The vandalized towers are T193 and T194 along the Damaturu-Maiduguri 330kV single circuit transmission line. In a statement in Abuja, TCN’s Public Affairs General Manager, Ndidi Mbah said: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby states that two of its …