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  • UCH resident doctors embark on indefinite strike

    UCH resident doctors embark on indefinite strike

    Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday.

    The Association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told NAN in Ibadan that the strike was due to power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas.

    Recall that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, (IBEDC) reconnected UCH on Wednesday, after more than 100 days of power outage.

    The association had earlier issued a communique that members would embark on an indefinite strike if electricity was not restored not later than 4 p.m on Monday.

    Adedeji said while electricity had been restored only some parts of the residential quarters were reconnected.

    “Arising from the just-concluded Emergency General Meeting (EGM) of ARD UCH which was convened to appraise the current situation, it was observed that a part of the residential quarters were reconnected.

    “Some other parts were however left in darkness.

    “In the light of the prevailing circumstance, we are left with no other option than to embark on the earlier planned total and indefinite strike until all residential quarters are sorted (taken care of).

    “We acknowledge the efforts of the UCH Management towards meeting our demand, but a lot needs to be done in order to guarantee uninterrupted service delivery.”

    Adedeji assured that the association would regularly review the current imbroglio infringing on the welfare of its members.

  • AEDC explains reason for power outage in FCT

    AEDC explains reason for power outage in FCT

    The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has attributed the power outage currently being experienced in parts of Abuja to technical fault on some of its feeders

    The company’s management in a statement on Monday in Abuja listed the feeders affected as L36, H23, H33 and 8.

    “This is to inform residents in parts of Abuja that the power outage currently being experienced is due to technical fault on feeders L36, H23, H33 and 8 respectively.

    “Locations affected: are feeder L36-Entire Idu industrial, CITEC Estate, Efab Global, Babaginda Estate, Nizamaye Hospital and its environs.

    “FH 23-Airport, River Park, Shoprite, NIPCO, Dunamis Church, NIGCOMSAT and its environs,’’ it said.

    The company said that Feeder FH33 was also affected and this  comprises Apo Mechanic Village, Waru  Village and its environs

    The company also said that Feeder 8 which has Jabi, Parts of Utako, Life Camp, Kado, Efab, Zango Daura, and Mbora Estates and its environs was also affected.

    According to AEDC, its technical team is working tirelessly to rectify the fault and restore power supply as quickly as possible and regrets any inconvenience caused.

  • AEDC reveals cause of power outage in parts of FCT

    AEDC reveals cause of power outage in parts of FCT

    The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has attributed the power outage experienced in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to its faulty 33kV NIPP feeder.

    The management of AEDC in a statement on its official X handle on Wednesday said that the power outage was also due to repairs on the transmission station at AT4.

    “The management of AEDC wishes to notify its esteemed customers in Abuja that the power outage being experienced is due to a fault affecting the 33kV NIPP feeder.

    “Repairs on the transmission station at AT4 are ongoing,” it said.

    The company listed the areas affected to include, Dantata Estate, FO1, Chikakore, Byazin, Byazin Across, Gbazango, Guida Community, Military Pension Board and its environs.

    “While we regret the inconvenience caused by the power outage, please be assured that all relevant stakeholders are working to ensure power supply is restored soonest,’’ it said.

  • EPL: Power outage disrupts match in Arsenal’s slim win over Leeds

    EPL: Power outage disrupts match in Arsenal’s slim win over Leeds

    The Premier League encounter between Leeds United and leaders Arsenal was delayed by 40 minutes following a power outage at Elland Road.

    Bukayo Saka scored the winning goal in the first half by punishing Rodrigo’s loose pass, exchanging passes with Martin Odegaard before smashing in high at the near post.

    Centre referee,  Chris Kavanagh had earlier stopped the match inside 23 seconds  because of another technical issues which disrupted communication with the video assistant referee (VAR) officials, while goalline technology was down too.

    There was drama in stoppage time when the referee  sent off Arsenal’s Gabriel for kicking out at Leeds striker Patrick Bamford and awarded the hosts a penalty, but both decisions were overturned after Kavanagh reviewed the incident on the pitchside monitor.

    Leeds initially had an opportunity to level scores from the penalty spot  but Bamford’s penalty aimed for the sky.

  • Calabar entrepreneurs lament setback as power outage enters day 7

    Calabar entrepreneurs lament setback as power outage enters day 7

    Businesses in Calabar have continued to suffer intense pressure and setbacks following a power outage in the city for seven days.

     

    It was gathered that the situation was due to a fire that occurred on Sept 3 at the 13233 KV Substation in Adiabo Calabar.

     

    General Manager Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Ms Ndidi Mbah, had on September 4 issued a statement assuring residents of the city of the company s ongoing effort to restore power.

     

    The statement stated that TCN engineers were replacing the affected equipment to ensure the restoration of power to the city by September 5.

     

    TheNewGuru.com reports that till September 9 the city was still in darkness with no hope in sight.

     

    According to a bank official, who pleaded anonymity, “the bank and others had shortened the operation period due to poor power supply and the high cost of diesel. A lot of people may criticize banks but you need to know what they go through daily to ensure service provision.

     

    “They run virtually on diesel and do you know how much a litre of diesel costs today, not to talk of other operational expenses? Poor power supply has made doing business difficult in this city.”

     

    Similarly, Madam Affiong Okon, a cold room operator, said her business was declining because power was needed to ensure that all the items in the cold room remained fresh.

     

    “This is painful because few months ago there was no power in the whole of Calabar for a long time due to one problem or the other. I am still imagining how I survived it. Today, another one has started.

     

    “To make matters worse, they are going round to share bills as we speak, even though there is no light in the whole of Calabar. Are these people not telling us to lose our minds and become violent one day,” she said angrily.

     

    Calabar and its environs had suffered total blackout between April 8 and May 16.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com gathered that it was due to vandalism of a tower in Itu that evacuated power from Ikot Ekpene Power Plant to the Adiabo plant in Calabar.

  • Blackout looms as National grid collapses again in the country

    Another general blackout looms in the country as the national grid collapsed in the wee hours of Sunday, thereby making it the fifth in 6 months in 2022.

    It was learnt that the grid collapse on Sunday occurred around 6.49pm, leading to the shutdown of the outgoing electricity feeders of some power distribution companies.

    Findings had earlier shown that the quantum of power on the grid as at 6am on Sunday was 3,628.6 megawatts, but it was gathered that this crashed significantly in the evening leading to the eventual grid collapse.

    Nigeria’s power grid had collapsed twice in March and twice again in April this year, as the power generation on the system had continued to fluctuate due to various concerns such as gas constraint, water management challenges, gas pipeline vandalism, among others.

    According to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), the development was responsible for the current power outage being experienced.
    AEDC through its verified Facebook page on Sunday night appealed to its Abuja customers and those within its areas of operation for understanding as concerned authorities were working tirelessly to restore power supply.
    The statement reads “Please be informed that the current power outage is due to a system failure from the National Grid. The system collapsed at about 6.49pm today 12th June, 2022, causing the outage currently being experienced.
    “We appeal for your understanding as all stakeholders are working hard to restore normal supply,” said the management of AEDC.

    Also confirming Sunday’s collapse in a notice on its verified Twitter handle, entitled, “Power Outage In Our Franchise Due To Grid Collapse

    ” Kaduna Disco said, “Dear esteemed customers, we regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to system collapse of the national grid.

    “The collapse occured at about 18:47pm this evening hence the loss of supply on all our outgoing feeders. Power supply shall be restored as soon as the national grid is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.”

     

  • FAAN apologizes over power outage in Murtala Muhammed International Airport

    FAAN apologizes over power outage in Murtala Muhammed International Airport

    Following power outage at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologised to passengers and other airport users.

     

    In a statement by the spokesperson for FAAN, Mrs Faithful Hope-ivbaze, in Lagos on Saturday, the outage occurred at about 11.15 p.m on April 1.

     

    “FAAN wishes to apologise to passengers and other airport users that witnessed a temporary power outage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 23: 15 hours yesterday, April 1, 2022.

     

    “The outage, which was as a result of yesterday’s rain, that came with very fierce winds and storms, a natural occurrence, affected one of our feeders, and consequently resulted in the temporary disruption of power supply at the D wing of the airport.

     

    “However, our engineers quickly discovered the fault, and liaised with the Ejigbo duty/area control office of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and together resolved the problem.

     

    “Normalcy has since been restored at the affected area,” she said.

     

  • JUST IN: Power outage stalls Coroner Inquest into cause of Ikoyi building collapse

    JUST IN: Power outage stalls Coroner Inquest into cause of Ikoyi building collapse

    Proceedings were stalled today at the coroner inquest sitting in Ikeja to investigate the circumstances which led to the Nov.1 collapse of a 21-storey high-rise building located at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

    A power outage did not allow the proceedings to go on.

    The building collapse was said to have resulted in the death of 46 persons one of whom was the MD of Fourscore Heights Ltd, Mr Femi Osibona.

    A structural engineer and Managing Director of Prowess Engineering Nigeria Ltd, Mr Muritala Olawale was scheduled to continue with his testimony at the inquest but when the proceedings commenced, the Coroner Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe suggested that proceedings should be stood down to a later time during the day or adjourned till another date.

    The coroner said that the microphones in the courtroom and the equipment used to record the proceedings were not working due to a lack of electricity.

    “You will not be able to hear me and we will also be unable to hear the witness,” Komolafe said.

    The counsel for all interested parties and the coroner came to an agreement that proceedings should be adjourned until Jan. 12 and 13, 2022 for the continuation of Mr Olawale’s evidence.

    At the proceedings on Wednesday, the 15th of Dec., Olawale had told the coroner that he rendered structural consultancy services to the contractor of the project, the late MD of Fourscore Heights Ltd, Mr Femi Osibona.

    Olawale said the initial brief his firm received was for three blocks of four-storey buildings.

    He said that Osibona kept revising the brief by adding more floors to the buildings and that his team were only responsible for the first four floors of the 21-storey Block B which collapsed.

    Olawale told the inquest that Osibona was the contractor/builder of the project and was also in charge of getting all government approvals for the high-rises.

    “I never saw the approved architectural drawings, mechanical drawings, and electronic drawings for the project,” he said.

    The structural engineer noted that when he realised that standard construction procedures were not being observed on the site, his company withdrew its services to Osibona via a letter dated Feb. 20, 2020.

  • Parts of Lagos State to suffer blackout from October 11

    Parts of Lagos State to suffer blackout from October 11

    Ikeja Electric Plc says some area under its operational network will experience outage for a period of eight weeks to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) re-conduct its 132KV lines.

    Mr Olajide Kumapayi, Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric, made the announcement at a news briefing on Monday in Ikeja.

    Kumapayi said the project which would begin on Oct. 11 was aimed at increasing the capacity of the transmission lines to wheel more power from the generation companies.

    He noted that some of 132K lines installed over 50 years ago had become obsolete and degraded due to time and usage.

    According to him, areas that will be affected by this stage of the project include Oregun, Police Training College, Oba Akran, Oke Ira, Ogba, Magodo , Anifowoshe and Omole Phase One.

    Kumapayi said: “The TCN is currently embarking on the upgrade of the 132KV lines from Ikeja West to Ota and Alimosho in stages. This is the second stage.

    “The TCN is replacing all the aluminum conductors with gap conductors which is more sophisticated to withstand heat and has more capacity to carry current.

    “The implication of this is that from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. everyday, the substations controlling these areas will be switched off which will affect the feeders connected to them.

    “This will affect all categories of customers within the area especially our Maximum Demand (MD) customers such as Ikeja City Mall, Police College, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and the Ikeja High Court.”

    He added that the TCN would also move to Alimosho and Agege axis during the next stage.

    Kumapayi noted that the upgrade was a power sector initiative to boost transmission and distribution of electricity to Nigerians.

    Also, Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, said the DisCo had written to the MD customers notifying them of the situation.

    Ofulue said the company was also meeting with its bilateral power supply agreement partners and appealed to all those affected to exercise patience with the DisCo during the period.

    “Even though this is a TCN project, it is our duty to inform our customers of the situation because we are the ones that interface with them on a daily basis.

    “We believe it will be for the benefit of our customers at the end of the day and will also allow Ikeja Electric to invest more in our system to improve power supply to customers under our network,” Ofulue said.

  • EEDC blames power outages on downpours

    EEDC blames power outages on downpours

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that power outages being experienced in parts of the South-East is due to the recent downpours and windstorms.

    The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu.

    Ezeh said that the situation had led to loss of several High Tension (HT) and Low Tension (LT) poles, aluminum conductors as well as other line accessories.

    He said that it had equally resulted in power outage affecting some of its 33KV and 11KV feeders within the network.

    According to Ezeh, the heavy storms which occurred over the weekend in parts of Anambra and Imo and on April 12 in parts of Abia and Enugu States destroyed electrical installations in the affected areas.

    He said that the recent development had led to power outages.

    The EEDC spokesman said: “These incidents have put our feeders out on fault and as a result we are not able to provide supply to our customers in the affected areas.

    “The management of EEDC has equally assured its customers that it has evaluated the extent of the damages and is already liaising with its suppliers to enable its technical team to carry out repairs and restore power supply to the affected customers.

    Ezeh also reminded the residents of the South-East to use the established contact channels to report faults, lodge complaints or make inquiries.