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  • FEC approves projects to improve power supply in Nigeria

    • June 30, 2022
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    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved projects to shore up power supply across the country. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, announced this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Aliyu said the projects were aimed at strengthening the capacity of

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  • Fuel thieves caused inferno, collapse of high tension towers – TCN

    • December 25, 2021
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    The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said Friday’s inferno in Lagos that led to the collapse of five high tension towers was caused by petroleum products pipeline vandals. The inferno occurred at a vandalised pipeline on Isheri Olofin, off Igbando-LASU Expressway and it caused massive damage to the 330KV Ikeja-West Akangba Transmission Line 1. TCN’s

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  • TCN begins nationwide repairs of old circuit breakers.

    • November 22, 2021
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    The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Sunday announced the commencement of the rehabilitation and replacement of old circuit breakers in the nation’s transmission network. It said the project was geared towards improving bulk power transmission to power distribution load centres across the country. The General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, said the rehabilitation and

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  • IKEDC Announces Power Outages For 8 Weeks To Recondition TCN’s 132kv Lines

    • October 4, 2021
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    Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has announced that there would be power outages for eight weeks, from October 11 in some areas in its franchise as a result of the reconditioning  of 132kv lines by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The affected areas include Oregun, Police Training College, Oba Akran, Oke Ira, Ogba, Magodo,

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  • Nigerians to pay more for electricity as FG ends N30bn monthly subsidy

    • September 21, 2021
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    More difficult times await Nigerians in the months ahead as the Federal Government yesterday announced it is ending the N30 billion monthly electricity subsidy by January 2022. The decision is also to affect all forms of subsidies hitherto extended to operators in the power sector value chain. The Special Adviser to the President on infrastructure, Ahmed

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