NIGERIA – The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has asked the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and other relevant agencies to immediately implement recommendations to overhaul the grid. Adelabu spoke on Thursday, according to a statement by Bolaji Tunji, special adviser to the minister of power on strategic communications and media. On October 22, the […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has disclosed that investigations have commenced to unravel the circumstances that led to the latest collapse of the National Grid. Nigerians were thrown into darkness again on the evening of Friday, April 8, 2022, as the National Grid collapsed for the third time in a month. In s statement addressed to their […]
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An electricity national grid collapse has been confirmed today, Friday 8th April 2022, causing a blackout nationwide. This is coming after the grid collapsed twice within two days last month. The Head, of Corporate Communication, for Kaduna Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, in a short statement on Friday made known the collapse. “Dear Esteemed Customers, “The Management […]
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There was blackout in some parts of the country on Tuesday following another system collapse of the National Grid. Mr. Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos State. Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) also confirmed the partial collapse of the grid in […]
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Nigeria’s national power grid has suffered another system collapse. This was confirmed by three electricity distribution companies in a post on their Twitter pages. Abuja Electric (AEDC) confirmed to DAILY POST that the national grid has collapsed, the reason for the outage in Abuja. He said, “ Good day, please be informed that we are […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Monday explained that Boko Haram insurgents have cut off Maiduguri, Borno state capital, from the national electricity grid. TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, said the insurgents damaged the electricity equipment serving the state capital and its environs but that the agency is making efforts to restore electricity supply in […]
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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has attributed the current power outage on its network to what it called system collapse of the National Grid. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, said on Monday that the outage which occurred about 2.27 p.m. on Sunday affected Ajah, Akangba and Agbara transmission […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Friday announced that Nigeria’s electricity grid has recorded a total system collapse. It was however, stated that restoration of the grid was at an advanced stage and explained that the total collapse was due to tripping of three generator units at Egbin power generation station. The daily report on […]
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