The continued collapse of the national grid is a result of a weak and antiquated transmission network and insufficient evacuation of power from power generation plants.  Extensive investigations into the power challenges in the country have discovered sustained use of out-of-date conductors from colonial days, along with older technology and lack of competition in Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Limited …

The managing director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Abdulaziz Sule has urged the Senate Committee on Power to assist in raising funds for the completion of over 120 projects that would improve the transmission network in the country. The TCN boss made this call when the committee visited the company on an oversight function yesterday in Abuja. Sule, who …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has fully restored the national electricity grid which collapsed in the early hours of Monday. This was announced by the TCN General Manager (Public Affairs), Ndidi Mbah, in a statement Monday afternoon. Earlier, the grid collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am. This makes it the …

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 …

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and some areas in Kogi State are currently experiencing power outages due to technical glitches. The two areas are under the coverage of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). On Tuesday, the AEDC informed its customers in Zamani Estate, Abacha Road Mararaba, Ruga Juli and other parts of Abuja that a technical …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Sunday, declared that one of its critical infrastructures, the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, was vandalised, making it the fifth of such incidents between February and March this year, leaving the country in the perpetual blackout. On 28 February, it was reported that vandals destroyed Tower 70 along its 330kV Gwagwalade-Katampe Transmission line in …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reduced electricity supply to the Aba Ring-fenced Area that compromises nine of the 17 local government areas in Abia State by more than 50 per cent. According to sources close to Aba Power which serves the nine Local Government Areas, the reduction started last week, with supplies dropping from 25 Megawatts to 10MW …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja would experience six hours of power outage on Saturday. TCN said this would enable its maintenance crew to carry out a scheduled annual preventive maintenance on its 132kV line 1 at both Gwagwalada and Apo Transmission Substations. In a statement on Friday, …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said its maintenance crew has fixed the Jos-Lafia 330kV transmission lines, which it said had been redundant for some time. It was gathered that TCN on Saturday commenced what it called a ‘scheduled preventive maintenance’ on the Jos-Lafia 330kV transmission lines 1 and 2. The seven-hour scheduled preventive maintenance commenced today and it was …

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would investigate how the non-functioning Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited accrued N33 billion in electricity debt which prompted the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect the company from the national grid. The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, revealed this to State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock …