Energy

TCN Denies Report on National Blackout

Web News 14 November 2023 197 0

As workers commenced a nationwide indefinite strike on Tuesday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said there is no truth in a media report about a looming national blackout. TCN emphasised that the claim made by an online news outlet alleging that the Head of Public Affairs of TCN Continue Reading

Energy

Fire Guts TCN Transmission Substation

Web News 15 September 2023 239 0

There was a fire incident at the Transmission Company of Nigeria transmission, TCN, substation in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Thursday night. The 330 kilovolt (kV) facility was reportedly engulfed in the inferno, though the immediate cause has yet to be disclosed. The incident comes barely 24 hours after a national electricity grid collapse resulting from […]Continue Reading

Power

“Power Supply Will Drop, Come Wednesday” – TCN 

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Power supply will drop by 50 megawatts on Wednesday. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, in a statement on Monday, said the drop would be as a result of planned annual “preventive maintenance” on the line bay at Lekki Transmission Substation in Lagos. During the maintenance period, about 50MW will be interrupted, affecting power supply to […]Continue Reading

Power

Electricity Workers Set To Commence Nationwide Strike

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Total blackout looms across the country as electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike to halt the proposed sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The union has vowed to embark on the suspended nationwide protest if the government continues with the […]Continue Reading

Energy

Ekiti Govt, TCN Sign MoU on Power Generation

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Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and Ekiti State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to construct another two electricity power sub-stations of 132/33 KVA in Ilupeju and Ijesa-Isu, Ekiti. At the signing of the MoU, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, represented by the Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi said the step was […]Continue Reading