The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has refuted reports of a national grid collapse today, attributing the power disruption to the tripping of transmission lines. “The nation’s grid did not experience any collapse today, contrary to the widely published misinformation in the media,” said Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs. Earlier today, at about 13:41 Read More…
The national electricity grid suffered a system collapse on Wednesday, causing power blackout in states across the country. Reports say that the system failure, which is the sixth in the last 7 months, dipped the entire power supply nationwide to 40 mega watts. The distribution load profile obtained by the media showed that the national Read More…
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in a month, the Federal Ministry of Power said on Saturday, leaving the parts of the country it serves, including the capital Abuja and Africa’s biggest city Lagos, without power. The power ministry said the outage had occurred overnight. It gave no estimate of when Read More…
