Blackout: Again, National Grid Collapses The national grid collapsed again on Wednesday, after it experienced line tripping in January. According to the X handle created for reports on the grid @NationalGridNg, “there was a ‘GRID DISTURBANCE’ before noon today. Parts of the country experienced outage. Further...

Vandals Destroyed 18 Transmission Towers in Five Days – TCN No fewer than 18 electricity towers supplying power to various franchise areas in three states have been destroyed and stolen by vandals within five days. The states are Rivers, Abia, and Kano. The Transmission Company of Nigeria...

Power Outage: TCN Explains Cause of Saturday's Disruption The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has debunked reports of a national grid collapse, which allegedly occurred on Saturday. According to TCN, the claims of a grid collapse are inaccurate. In a statement released on Saturday, TCN's General...

DisCos Pay TCN N137bn Amid Persistent Grid Collapses The 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) operating in the country paid a total of N137.06 billion to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the first nine months of 2024 as transmission and administrative charges, despite the...

World Bank's $200m Used to Expand Power Transmission – TCN The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says it is expanding its capacity nationwide with a $200m World Bank project to ensure sufficient electricity supply. The Managing Director, TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, disclosed this on Wednesday when he...

Nigeria’s Power Grid: A Child’s Plaything in an Economic Crisis? By Haroon Aremu Three days after relocating to Canada, a friend messaged me with a recently all-too-familiar question, "Is the national grid back up?" This simple question covers the profound frustration of Nigerians who have grown...