The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has identified nine major challenges militating against stable power supply in the South-East. The Head of Communications of the company, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. Ezeh listed vandalism, energy theft, accidental destruction of […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is working toward achieving a transmission capacity of 20,000 Megawatts (MW) by 2021, its Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, who briefed State House correspondents on Monday at the Presidential Villa, said that the capacity of transmission was a combination of the capacity of the transformers and […]
Continue ReadingThe head of Edo office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Yakubu Mailafia Monday said corruption is responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country. This is even as he warned that all would be vote-buyers in the 2019 general elections should be ready for face the full wrath of the […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the country is currently generating 7,000 megawatts of electricity and distributing 5,222 megawatts. Fashola said this on Friday while speaking at a retreat for top directors, heads of units and chief executives of agencies and parastatals in his ministry. The minister said as […]
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The federal government has committed to invest N72 billion for the procurement and installation of equipment to help distribute unused 2,000 MegaWatts (MW) of electricity to consumers in the country. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. He said the 2,000MWs was from […]
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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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Some residents of Rumuodara in Port Harcourt have decried the low distribution of power by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC). Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Port Harcourt said that they do not receive power from the PHEDC in their area. Mr Clement […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the epileptic power supply which started over 24 hours ago in parts of the country is due to a gas pipeline rupture. The rupture, TCN said, resulted in the shut down of six power stations. In a statement on Sunday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN spokesperson, said the sharp drop […]
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The Federal Government says it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37billion to a private sector operator to supply meters to interested Distribution Companies (DisCos). Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the 28th monthly meeting of power stakeholders in […]
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Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) strongly commended the Board and management for Transcorp’s impressive contribution to transforming the Nigerian power sector, through its power subsidiary, Transcorp Power. The commendations were received at the 12th Annual General Meeting of Transcorp, held on April 30th 2018, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The shareholders were responding to Transcorp’s […]
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