TCN
2 days ago
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the power sector achieved a new peak generation of 5,543.20MW for the year 2025 on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. The new peak surpassed the previous peak of 5,478.73MW recorded on Thursday, February 13, 2025. In a statement, the TCN said the new Maximum…
4 days ago
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company says electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) will begin to enjoy full power supply from Feb 23. The company said this in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Monday. It said the ongoing restoration efforts by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on the…
4 days ago
Burdened by rising inefficiency in the power sector, which has birthed N7.2 trillion in subsidy and other accumulated debts, Nigerian electricity consumers have continued to raise concerns over the multi-year tariff structure of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
4 days ago
The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today, unarguably, was the mistake of 2013 when majority stakes in the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) were sold to private investors as part of larger efforts to improve electricity supply, which was hitherto, disrupted by constant power failure across the country.
30 Jan
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday said its tower T195 along the Ugwuaji–Makurdi 330 Kilovolt (kV) transmission line was vandalised on Saturday. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, said in a statement in Abuja that the vandalism took place at Watuolo village, Utonkon, in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue.…
24 Jan
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the restoration of full bulk power to its 132/33kV Apo Transmission Substation from Thursday, January 23, 2025. TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement, on Friday, said the restoration follows the successful relocation of eight 132kV and 33kV towers along the Kukwaba/Apo 132kV line (Southern Expressway route),…
22 Jan
Nigeria’s wobbling electricity transmission infrastructure, which is fuelling the persistent collapse of the grid network and throwing the country into darkness, requires urgent reforms to unbundle the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
20 Jan
Between January 9 and 14, 2025, no fewer than 18 transmission towers were destroyed by vandals and thrown residents of communities in Rivers, Kano and Abia states into darkness. The General Manager of Public Affairs of the TCN disclosed in a statement said the destruction of the electricity infrastructure continues to be a challenge to…
20 Jan
Despite the involvement of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and alleged surveillance monitoring of electricity infrastructure, 18 transmission towers have been destroyed in the past five days.
18 Jan
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Friday decried the incessant vandalism of critical power transmission equipment in the country. Adelabu made this known at the official inauguration of a 100MVA Power Transformer at the 132/33kv Transmission Substation in Isolo, Lagos. According to the minister, the issue of vandalism being experienced in all the…
17 Jan
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday said the Presidential Villa has been thrown into darkness as rising cases of theft of electricity cables disrupt power supply. TCN, in a statement, and another from the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, showed that a 132kV transmission line and underground cables supplying power to central…
15 Jan
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has told lawmakers that the proposed N50 billion budget for the ministry in 2025 is grossly inadequate to address the country’s security challenges.
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has officially declared an ex-Naval Chief, Vice Admiral Jibrin Usman (retd), and Brigadier-General Ishaya Bauka wanted for their alleged involvement in a N3 billion fraud. ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, stated that the commission never removed Jibrin and Bauka…
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Eleven internet fraudsters have been sentenced to jail by Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin for their fraudulent activities at the Edo State High Court in Benin City. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted the suspects on separate one-count charges bordering on false pretence, advance fee fraud, retention of proceeds of crime, and possession of fake…
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The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) on Friday held its quadrennial elections in Benin City, with Ann Ojugo re-elected as the Chairperson of the association in Edo State. In her inaugural speech, Ojugo vowed to work toward the establishment of a Disability Commission in Edo State to strengthen institutional support for Persons…
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Rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has threatened to petition various embassies to consider placing visa bans on Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, over the alleged harassment of female lawmakers in the red chamber. Adeyanju, reacting to the incident on the Senate floor on Thursday, regretted that under the Senate President's watch, female…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas had handed over the body of a "Gazan woman" the day before and not that of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed in the truce deal. "In an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her small children, the little angels, and instead placed…
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The Federal Ministry of Education has expressed its condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Kogi State. On Monday, seven people, including four students of the Federal University of Lokoja, lost their lives in a ghastly road accident at Felele on the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway. This…
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President Bola Tinubu has said former President General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that the late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993. This was as he saluted the former leader’s contribution to the country's history and development. The President said this on Thursday as the Special…
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The Isese Human Rights Community (ISHRIC) has decried the alarming rise in ritual killings allegedly perpetrated by some Islamic scholars in Yorubaland.
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Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has adjourned the trial of convicted kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, and his co-defendants to April 17, 2025, for a report on their plea bargain applications.
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The Chairman, Board of Governors of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, has said Nigeria should be producing up to four million barrels of oil per day considering its reserves and resource base.