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- 11 Feb 2022
TCN Commences Digitization of old Transmission Substations
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says it has commenced the digitization of old transmission substations in its network. Ndidi Mbah, the company’s spokesperson explained that the digitization…
- 25 May 2018
AfDB Assists TCN to Modernise Transmission Equipment
The African Development Bank (AfDB), said yesterday in Busan, South Korea, that it was assisting the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to invest in modernisation of its transmission network to…
- 28 Nov 2019
TCN Secures $210m Funding for Power Transmission Projects from AfDB
The Transmission Company of Nigeria announced on Thursday that the board of the African Development Bank had approved its $210m NTEP-1 projects. The TCN said the transmission projects were approved…
- 20 Jul 2014
TCN Says Expect 10-Day Nationwide Power Drop
The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has announced a possible ten-day nationwide electricity power shedding, due to drop in quantity of power. A statement by the Company at the…
- 20 Feb 2018
MRA Inducts TCN into ‘Hall of Shame’ for Power Outages
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for leaving Nigerians in the dark over its…
- 21 Jul 2014
TCP Alert: Surulere, Others to Experience Power Cut
As an update to the earlier reports of looming nationwide power cut, the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Lagos region, has identified some towns likely to be more affected in…
- 22 Jun 2025
TCN Expands Grid Capacity with 5,910 MVA Boost from Multilateral Projects
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a major boost to the national electricity grid with the addition of 5,910 megavolt-amperes (MVA) of transformer capacity. The development was…
- 25 Jul 2014
Nebo Receives 248 PHCN Containers Abandoned For 10 Years
Professor Chinedu Nebo, minister of Power, during the week, said the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has started removing 248 containers of Independent Power Project (IPP) equipment…
- 21 Aug 2019
TCN Boss Risks Jail for Shutting Down Phase 3 Telecom Plants
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), to appear before it and explain why he should not be…
- 27 Nov 2024
TCN Reveals N8.8 Billion Expenditure on Restoring Destroyed Transmission Towers
Federal Government has revealed that N8.8 billion has been spent to repair and restore power transmission towers across Nigeria that were destroyed by vandals and bandits. The announcement was made…
- 17 Jan 2018
Phase 3 Sets Record Straight on Concession Agreement with TCN
Phase3 Telecom, independent fibre optic infrastructure and telecommunications services provider – has again refuted allegations that it owes Federal Government of Nigeria some money over fibre optic…
- 24 Jan 2013
TCN Announces Power Interrupt in South East
The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria has said it would interrupt power supply in five states in the South East and one in North central for two days, the first time such notice is given…
- 25 Aug 2020
Siemens Moves to End Electricity Theft with New Technology
The new power supply deal between Nigeria and Siemens AG, will see the German company deploy modern technology that will end the incessant problem of meter bypass leading to loss of billions of naira…
- 13 May 2024
Electricity Theft in Nigeria: Impact, Strategies and the Way Forward
By Okoko Chidozie Christian [email protected] ; 09025179984. Epileptic power supply has been a mainstay of Nigerian society and profoundly impacted communities, undermines the access of…
- 16 Aug 2022
Blackout Looms as Electricity Workers Threaten Indefinite Strike
Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could worsen from Wednesday (today) as the organised labour has directed workers in the power sector to down tools and commence an indefinite strike over pending…
- 9 Jun 2021
FG in Talks with 4 Countries to Sell Unused Power
Nigeria is in talks with four West African countries to sell unused Electricity to them through a planned $570 million Northcore Power Transmission Line. Authorites believe the power they will be…
- 15 Aug 2018
Electricity Workers Threaten to Shut Power, Demand Sack of TCN MD
Electricity workers threaten to shut power, demand sack of MD – Electricity workers yesterday in Abuja threatened to shut down power, unless the Federal Government sacks Usman Mohammed, managing…
- 16 Jan 2018
Phase3 Denies Owing FG N27.2Bn over Fibre Optic Agreement
Phase3 Telecom, independent fibre optic infrastructure and telecommunications services provider - has refuted allegations that it and Alheri Engineering limited owe Federal Government of Nigeria the…
- 3 Jun 2026
DisCos Generate N597.6bn Revenue in Q1 2026 Amid Ongoing Power Supply Challenges
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria generated a total of N597.55 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2026 despite persistent power supply challenges and consumer…
- 1 Aug 2014
FG Hands over Trading Point Meters to Power Firms
Federal Government yesterday officially handed over the electricity trading point meters to market participants in the nation’s power sector. The handing over ceremony, which was done simultaneously…
- 16 Feb 2013
FG Goes after Saboteurs of Power Reforms
Federal government has threatened to wield the big stick on saboteurs of Nigeria’s power sector reform exercise and called for support of Nigerians to see to the conclusion of the sector reform.…
- 18 Feb 2021
NERC Moves to Tackle Load Rejection Issues Between TCN, DisCos
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) will be liable to pay capacity charge for rejecting load allocated to them due to constraints on…
- 14 Aug 2019
FG May Pay ‘Failed Investors’ N736Bn to Repossess Discos
Federal government is considering repossession of 10 electricity distribution firms as one of the options to rescue the nation’s beleaguered electricity industry. According to the Punch, this…
- 11 Jun 2014
Africa Energy Forum set to Unite Energy Ministries & Utilities for Collective Action
The Africa Energy Forum (AEF), from 18 – 20 June, 2014, is preparing to unite African energy ministries and utilities with global energy investors and developers at the brand new Hilton Bomonti in…
- 3 Jan 2018
Nigeria’s Power Grid Shut down by Gas Pipeline Fire
Nigeria’s electricity grid has been shut down by a fire on a gas pipeline, the ministry of power said in a statement on Wednesday. It was learnt that the collapse was due to a fire incident on the…
- 20 Nov 2015
Lamudi Report Shows Fashola Should Face Affordable Housing
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, newly appointed minister already has a laundry list on his agenda to reform the Power, Works and Housing sectors. Many experts are eager to see his agenda focus on plans that…
- 9 May 2018
Nasarawa to Establish Biggest Solar Power Plant in Africa
Nasarawa State Government has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Kuber Power Limited (KPL) on an Eligible Customer Basis which allows licensed generation company to access underserved…
- 8 Jan 2018
FG Restores Gas Supply to 6 GenCos After Repair of Burnt pipeline
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, said that it has repaired and restored the western gas pipeline that supplies about six power Generation Companies (GenCos) producing about 3,100 megawatts…
- 17 Jul 2025
FG Eyes 8,000MW Power Boost in 18 Months with Grid Overhaul
Federal Government has expressed optimism that improved management of the national power grid by the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) could increase electricity supply to 8,000 megawatts…
- 30 Mar 2017
Total Darkness Looms as Egbin Cries out Over N110Bn Debt
Mr Dallas Peavey, managing director, Egbin Power Plc, yesterday has warned that the country is heading towards another blackout by next week as liquidity, poor transmission and gas supply issues…