Tag: Blackout
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2 states to experience two-month electricity blackout
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced plans to carry out a maintenance work on the 132kV Akure-Osogbo transmission line from Monday, July 1 to August 31. TCN made the announcement in a public notice sighted on Sunday, and Ondo and Ekiti states will experience blackout for two months.
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Blackout: AEDC aggravating suffering of consumers in parts of FCT
An electricity consumer Mr Jimoh Olarewaju says the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is agravating suffering of its consumers in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Olarewaju, who resides in Kubwa said this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Sunday.
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Rolling blackouts, heatwave and tales from dead bulbs – By Azu Ishiekwene
I don’t know how it is in your part of town. But it’s been a nightmare in mine, a supposedly middle-class residential area in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital. Rolling blackouts do not begin to explain the depth of the misery. It’s been a dreadful time of rolling and erratic blackout
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TCN announces two-day blackout in three states
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has disclosed that consumers in Gombe and some parts of Yola and Bauchi states will experience power outages on Thursday and Friday as a result of scheduled maintenance of power facilities. The TCN announced that its “maintenance crew will carry out scheduled preventive
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TCN constructs vandalised transmission towers to end blackout
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has awarded contract for the construction of two 330KVA power towers in Yobe to end blackout in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the Yobe State
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No blackout, national grid is intact – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) says the national grid is intact and supplying electricity to distribution load centres nationwide. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’S General Manager Public Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
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Blackout in Abeokuta as TCN loses 9 towers to vandalism
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN) , has disclosed that activities of vandals have led to collapse of nine towers along the Papalanto/Abeokuta 132KV transmission line in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State.
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Darkness reigns as poor lighting mars Calabar Carnival
Fun seekers who trooped out in their thousands to witness this year’s Calabar carnival have bemoaned the inability of the government to light up the city, especially the possession routes of the carnival.
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Ikeja Electric reacts to report over blackout in Lagos
Ikeja Electric has debunked reports that some customers under its network had been plunged into darkness. Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos, described the information as misleading. According to him, the company is carrying out maintenance of equipment similarly to the ones…
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Blackout in Lagos as electricity workers begin strike
There was blackout across Lagos State on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) confirmed the development in separate public notices to their customers.