The Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has concluded plans to inaugurate the 132/33kv electricity sub-station at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Commission explained that the plan would include the handover of the sub-station to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, for operational management. The Commission stated: […]
The General Manager of Regulation and Compliance at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ali Bukar Ahmad, on Thursday reported that out of an estimated population of 230 million in the country, only 13,112,134 electricity consumers had been registered. Ahmad gave these figures during the National Institute of Physics webinar Series 2.0 titled “Policy, Regulatory […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday threatened to revoke the licences of power distribution companies (DisCos) over the incessant power shortage nationwide. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in a statement pointed out that government was concerned about the lingering inadequate electricity distribution by the Discos, especially when the power generation companies (GenCos) had recently increased […]
The Federal Government has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial committee from the Ministry of Power and Gas to investigate the root causes of the lingering gas supply shortfall to electricity generation companies (GenCos) and come up with recommendations on how the challenge could be permanently addressed. The initiative was taken following a meeting between the two Ministries […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has linked the current drop in power generation into the national grid to gas constraints to the thermal generating companies. The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement issued on Thursday, indicated that the gas supply shortfall had impacted the quantum of bulk power available on […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says that currently it has installed capacity to transmit 8,100mw of the about 13,000mw of electricity being generated nationwide. The company’s General Manager for Port Harcourt Region, Dr Thomas Inugonum, who gave this hint on Sunday in the Rivers State capital explained that the company was supposed to be […]
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has explained the cause of the national grid collapse, which resulted in the general power outage nationwide in the early hours of Thursday. The minister, in a statement issued on Thursday, linked the grid collapse to a fire outbreak at the Kainji/Jebba line, adding that the inferno has been […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has handed over the site for the reconductoring of the 8- kilometre Port Harcourt Main-Port Harcourt transmission line and the 10-kilometre Alaoji-Aba 132kV double circuit transmission lines in its Port Harcourt region to a contractor for execution. The General Manager, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement at the weekend indicated […]
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), has disclosed that it spent over $1.2 billion in the projects and handed over them to the DisCos, with an understanding that the money would be refunded by the Discos. The company stated that the handed-over projects to the DisCos were part of the over 374 projects […]
The Federal Government has announced the approval of the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The approval of the two airports’ concession was part of the decisions taken at Federal Executive Council’s (FEC’s) meeting on Wednesday chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari Giving this hint during […]