Blackout

Electricity blackout: Security fears stall repairs

…As Tinubu orders security agencies to protect TCN Engineers fixing transmission lines …FG plans alternative power solution for Northern states …Northern Governors meet, urge FG to build additional transmission lines By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna and our Abuja correspondents Security fears…

Blackout looms as TCN suspends AEDC

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has issued a suspension order to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over its non-compliance with the conditions of the market rules and market participation agreement. AEDC supplies electricity to the Federal Capital Territory,…

The States and the blackout nation

By Dakuku Peterside Many Nigerians believe that restructuring the country or devolving powers from the centre to the sub-nationals is the silver bullet that will solve all our problems. This belief has sustained the debate for or against restructuring for…

Abuja: AEDC announces blackout in Gwarimpa

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has announced a power outage in Gwarimpa, the Nation’s capital. The company disclosed this in a notice through its official X account on Friday night. AEDC attributed the outage to a technical fault in the…

Blackout as national grid collapses again

By Denis Mathew, Abuja There is pandemonium as major cities in Nigeria including Abuja and Lagos have been thrown into darkness as the national electricity grid collapsed again. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed this in a statement on…