Nationwide Blackout as TCN Shut Down National Grid over Labour Strike

Electricity workers have shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organized labour unions. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria, confirmed this to newsmen exclusively today. According to her, electricity workers, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), followed directives of the Nigeria Labour Congress to withdraw…

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Power, Nigeria’s need for economic growth, industrialization – Minister

Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has described the Power Sector as the energy Nigeria needs for economic growth and industrial development. The Minister spoke at the weekend while addressing a delegation of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) led by the President, Engineer Tasiu Sa’ad Gidari-Wudil, to the Ministry. The Minister who emphasized the…

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Fire Guts TCN Transmission Substation

There was a fire incident at the Transmission Company of Nigeria transmission, TCN, substation in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Thursday night. The 330 kilovolt (kV) facility was reportedly engulfed in the inferno, though the immediate cause has yet to be disclosed. The incident comes barely 24 hours after a national electricity grid collapse resulting from…

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