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- 10 Feb 2014
FG Plans to Build 2 Power Transmission Stations in Ebonyi
Mr. Geoffrey Nwokoye, general manager (Transmission), Enugu Transmission Region, said the Federal Government would build two transmission stations in Abakaliki to enhance power delivery in the area.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 Jul 2021
NCC to Reps We Can’t Guarantee 100% Safety of Electronic Transmission of Results
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it cannot guarantee safety for the electronic transmission of results, noting that no system is completely free from hackers. Federal lawmakers…
- 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…
- 13 Jun 2014
FG Plans $1.6Bn Investment in Power Transmission
Federal Government on Thursday said it would invest 1.6 billion dollars to upgrade and expand the power transmission network. Prof. Chinedu Nebo, minister of Power, made this known when a…
- 21 Dec 2016
Nokia, Ooredoo Achieve Transmission Rate of 1Terabit/Sec in Africa
Working in partnership with Nokia, Ooredoo Algeria, successfully achieved a groundbreaking transmission speed of 1.2 terabits per second over optical fiber in Africa's first field trial of innovative…
- 20 Jun 2015
FG to get AFD Grant for Transmission Network
Federal government on Friday in Abuja said it was working with the Agence Française de Development (AFD) to secure a grant of 170 million Euros for the building of transmission networks in Abuja…
- 31 Jan 2020
NCC Stops Unauthorised Transmission on 5.4GHz Frequency Band
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), said it curbed unauthorized transmission on the 5.4GHz Frequency Band. The 5.4 GHz band is designated for unshared, coordinated and protected use of wireless…
- 26 Aug 2025
FG Begins Restoration of Voice of Nigeria Shortwave Transmission
Mohammed Idris, minister of Information and National Orientation, has officially launched the contract for restoring the Voice of Nigeria (VON) shortwave transmission, using the 250 KW TX2…
- 17 Jan 2018
FG okays Policy on Power Transmission
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a framework to boost transmission of power to Nigerians. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, briefed State House…
- 1 Dec 2008
RockCity FM Debuts, Commences Test Transmission
RockCity 101.9 FM, the first private radio station in Ogun State has commenced transmissions in Abeokuta, much to the delight of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which has described it as a…
- 21 Dec 2021
INEC: No Going Back on e-Transmission of Election Results
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will continue to deepen the use of technology in the conduct of elections, especially the electronic transmission of polls results and the…
- 30 Jul 2018
Nigerians Demand for Immediate Transmission of Digital Rights Bill
Nigerians on social media have expressed concern at the delay surrounding the transmission of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill by the national assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for the…
- 24 Mar 2015
NCC Moves to End Unfair Transmission Cable Pricing, Monopoly
Nigeria n Communications Commission (NCC) in its tradition of harnessing stakeholders’ views before issuing out regulatory guidelines, on Tuesday, in Lagos, sought to know industry players’ input…
- 19 Feb 2015
Airtel, UNAIDS Partner to Tackle Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have partnered to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in an initiative…
- 5 Feb 2015
Etisalat Partners UNAIDS to Stop Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
Etisalat Nigeria has joined hands with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, in a campaign to ensure that no child in Nigeria is born…
- 17 Feb 2026
Nigeria has Capacity for Real-Time Electronic Transmission – Telcos
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has said Nigeria possesses adequate telecom infrastructure to support real-time electronic…
- 7 Oct 2013
Phase3 Telecom Deploys Transmission Solutions
Phase3 Telecom, an indigenous fibre infrastructure provider, has commenced the deployment of innovative interoperability solutions to it various clientele across the economy, Mr. Stanley Jegede,…
- 14 Jul 2015
Alcatel-Lucent Sets Distance Record for Undersea Data Transmission in Africa
Telecom and cable Television operators in Africa are set to improve on quality and increase their clientele reach, thanks to an affordable high tech innovation from the Alcatel-Lucent Submarine…
- 9 Aug 2018
INEC, NCC Meet to Review Report on Electronic Transmission, Collation of Results
Leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) met to review the outcome of the report of the joint committee they set up early this year…
- 16 Oct 2020
INEC Mulls e-Transmission of Results in 2023
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) o plans to seek legal backing for electronic voting as from 2023, according to Prof Mahmud Yakubu, tts chairman. Yakubu, who began the push for the…
- 18 Oct 2022
NCC Disowns Circulating "Certificate of Site Ownership for Mass Transmission Antenna"
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: "Certificate of Site Ownership", for clearance…
- 9 Apr 2020
Ericsson to Enable Modernization of Telenor Pakistan’s Transmission Networks
Ericsson has signed an agreement with Telenor Pakistan for the transformation of its mobile backhaul network into an IP-based infrastructure to enhance the capacity of its network backbone and meet…
- 27 Jan 2023
FEC Approves Nigeria Data Protection Bill for Transmission to National Assembly
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting on Wednesday January 25 th , 2023 approved the Nigeria Data Protection Bill. By virtue of this historic approval, the Bill will now be transmitted…
- 12 Aug 2021
Glo Partners Supersport on Live Transmission of 2021/22 EPL Matches
With the 2021/22 English Premier League season starting on Friday 13 August, 2021, football fans in Nigeria and Ghana have been assured of live broadcast of football matches on the Supersport…
- 10 Mar 2016
NCC Unveils New Draft to Check Overpricing
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has unveiled a new draft policy regulation on determination of cost based pricing of fixed transmission services for operators in Nigeria. The new draft was…
- 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…
- 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…