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Nationwide Darkness Looms as National Grid Collapses Again

Nationwide Darkness Looms as National Grid Collapses Again   Abuja, Lagos and other major of cities in Nigeria have been thrown into darkness following another collapse of the country’s national electricity grid. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed this in a statement on Monday. The nationwide outage...

TCN Restores Power Supply in Parts of Nigeria

TCN Restores Power Supply in Parts of Nigeria   The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says power supply has been restored in some parts of the country. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, in a statement on Thursday, said the regions where power has been restored included the west,...

Debt: FG Disconnects Discos From National Grid

Debt: FG Disconnects Discos From National Grid   Millions of electricity consumers may be plunged into darkness in the coming weeks as the Federal Government via the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity distribution companies (DisCos)...

Any Sabotage over Nigeria’s Unending Grid Collapse, by Musa Musa Ilallah

Any Sabotage over Nigeria's Unending Grid Collapse, by Musa Musa Ilallah   It will indeed be not strange, or suprising, if Nigerians wake up one morning and hear that there is another nationwide power or grid collapse. What will however be strange or surprising to Nigerians...

Despite N1.52trn Bailout, National Grid Collapses 98 Times Under Buhari

Despite N1.52trn Bailout, National Grid Collapses 98 Times Under Buhari   Nigeria’s available power generation capacity fell by 981.8 megawatts between 2015 and August 2022 despite the over N1.51tn intervention in the sector by the Federal Government since the current administration came on board in 2015. This...

Reps Investigate Reoccurring National Grid Collapse

Reps Investigate Reoccurring National Grid Collapse   The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on power to conduct investigation into the root causes of incessant national grid collapse in the country. The Committee was mandated as well to look into Transmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN) capacity...