How Erratic Power Supply Led To Poor Services, Overstretching of FMC Facilities – Taraba Specialist Hospital Workers Cry Out
Health workers at the Specialist Hospital Jalingo in Taraba State have lamented that erratic power supply to the hospital facilities in the past seven weeks have led to bad experiences, leading to patients’ complaints of poor services. Clinical workers at…
Tinubu Administration Targets N1.14trn Reduction in Electricity Subsidy
Following the newly approved tariff, electricity subsidy for the 2024 fiscal year is expected to reduce by about N1.14 trillion. According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), this is in furtherance of the Federal Government’s realignment of the subsidy…
Adesina Laments Failure Of Power Sector In Nigeria Provide Electricity, High Implicit Tax Rates
Lamenting that Nigerians pay one of the highest implicit tax rates in the world, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, decrying prevailing living condition of Nigerians amidst current economic quagmire bedeviling the country. The former…
TCN Restores National Grid After Collapse
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance that occurred at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday, 28th March 2024, with full recovery achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day, the General Manager, Public…
TCN Boosts Capacity of Port Harcourt Main Substation with 100MVA Transformer, Expands Capacity Across the Region
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commissioned a 100MVA 132/33kV power transformer at its Port Harcourt Main Substation, enhancing the bulk transmission capability of the substation by 80MW. In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the transmission company,…
TCN Boosts Kano’s Dan Agundi 132/33kV Transmission Capability with New 100MVA Power Transformer
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has officially commissioned a new 100MVA 132/33kV power transformer at its Dan Agundi Transmission Substation in Kano State. The commissioning took place on March 13th, 2024. The General Manager, Public Affairs, of the transmission…
Our Capacity To Supply Adequate Power To Abuja Not Hampered By Gwagwalada-Katampe Transmission Line Vandalism – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stated that the current power supply situation in Abuja is not attributable to inadequate transmission capacity resulting from the Gwagwalada tower vandalism incident of 26th February, 2024. The transmission company in a statement…
TCN Loses Two 330kV Transmission Towers To Insurgents in the North
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suffered major setback after the vandalism and destruction of two of its transmission towers. The destroyed towers are T377 and T378, along the Gombe – Damaturu 330kV transmission line on Friday, February 23,…
Faculty Of Engineering, UNN, Holds Successful N604m Solar Projects Ground-breaking Ceremony
A Professor of Electrical Engineering and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Engineer Emenike Chinedozi Ejiogu, an erudite Professor, whose administration has been described as so beneficial to the university, was elated after a ground-breaking for the…
NNPC Limited Signs MoU With Niger State On Renewable Energy, Low-carbon Solutions Projects
The Niger State Government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) to develop renewable energy and low-carbon solutions projects. The Governor of Niger State, His Excellency, Mohammed Umaru Bago, disclosed the development…
Enugu Govt Targets 690MW, 20-hour Power Supply By 2030
Enugu State Government has unveiled plan to transition from an energy-poor state to a commercially viable electricity market generating over 690 megawatts of electricity and at least 20-hour per day power supply by 2030. The government also says the urgency…
