Five Towers Collapse in Lagos As Inferno from Vandalized Pipeline Destroys Transmission Line
An inferno caused by a vandalized pipeline along Isheri Olofin, off Igbando – LASU expressway of Lagos State, has led to massive damage to 330kV Ikeja-West Akangba transmission line 1, burning off a large portion of the conductor. The General…
TCN Commences The Rehabilitation Of Old Circuit Breakers In Its Substations Nationwide
…..Starts from Ajaokuta 330/132kV Transmission Substation The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commenced the rehabilitation and replacement of old Circuit Breakers in the nation’s transmission network. The project is geared towards further improving bulk power transmission to distribution load…
Buhari Sacks 2 Ministers, Names Replacements
Amid security challenges and poor power supply in most parts of the country, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman, and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the…
Renewable Energy: AMEA Power Launches 50MW Solar Power Plant in Togo
AMEA Power (www.AMEAPower.com), a subsidiary of UAE-based Al Nowais Investments (ANI), today announced the official commissioning of its 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Blitta, Togo, marking the country’s first utility-scale renewable energy project developed by an Independent Power Producer…
Again, Two Towers Along Maiduguri – Damaturu 330kV Line Vandalized
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stated that two towers along the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330kV Transmission Line has again been vandalized by insurgents, after it had made concerted effort and restored power to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital,…
BREAKING: TCN, Borno State Government Move To Restore Power Supply In Maiduguri and Environs
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the support of the Borno State Government have mobilised resources to ensure quick restoration of electricity supply to Maiduguri, the state capital and environs. Electricity supply was interrupted following the damage of its…
Excitement As Solar Mini Grid Power Plant Commissioned in Gombe
…As Governor Inuwa Yahaya Restates Commitment to Rural Development It was heart-warming day as Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has today, along side the Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Ahmed Salihijo Ahmed commissioned the 85 Kilowatt Isolated…
MoU: Gombe Set to Generate 450 Megawatts of Electricity
…450 Megawatts of Power to be Generated Using Coal Deposits in Gombe Gombe State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese conglomerate, TBEA Company Limited and Chinese Railway 18th Bureau Group, parent company of the EEC to…
Nigerians Storm Abuja Rally, Explain Why Fuel Subsidy Removal Must Remain
…Counsel Buhari on What to Do About Pre-paid Metering of Electricity Consumers By Olalekan Balogun As the labour unions in Nigeria continue to insist on reversal of the recent increment on patrol pump price in the country, citizens on Monday…
COVID-19: GGT Urges More Actions on Solar Energy Solutions
Good Governance Team (GGT), a Nigerian civil society policy advocacy and research platform, welcomes the plans by Rural Electrification Fund (REF) under the Rural Electrification Agency to light up rural communities with off-grid solutions as part of measures to ease…
KEDC Sacks 10, for Faud, Indiscipline
As Company Reflects New 7. 5% VAT on Customers’ Electricity Bills The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) says it has sacked 10 members of staff for cases of fraud and indiscipline, The Street Reporters Newspaper reports. Mr Abdulazzez Abdullahi, the…
