FG Sacks Mohammed As TCN Boss, Appoints Abdulaziz   The Federal Government on Tuesday night announced the removal of Usman Mohammed as the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. It said Sule Abdulaziz was now the new Managing Director of TCN and would currently serve...

Electricity Workers’ Union Threatens Strike Over President’s Sack     Electricity workers under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies have threatened to embark on industrial action over what they described as the unlawful sacking of the union’s President, Chris Okonkwo. The union is...

Recapitalise Discos Or Risk Complete Power Sector Collapse – TCN   The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said the nation’s power sector will collapse completely if urgent steps are not taken to capitalise the distribution companies. The government-owned TCN stated this while announcing a drop in the...

FG To Sustain Peak Power Generation With New Gas Supply Deal     A new gas supply agreement among the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), power Generation Companies (Gencos) and other major stakeholders may see the federal government sustaining the current...

Free Electricity, Mere Propaganda - TCN   The recent announcement of plan to give Nigerians two months of free electricity as part of palliatives for COVID-19 is nothing more than propaganda that cannot work, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The TCN faulted the announcement by...

Power Supply Rises As Plants Receive Gas   The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced an improvement in power generation following the supply of gas to thermal power plants. Latest industry report from the Office of the Vice President showed the improvement in gas supply, as the...