LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sule Abdulaziz, Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has reiterated that TCN should not be held solely responsible for the frequent national grid collapse in the country. During an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, Abdulaziz explained that grid collapses could be caused by multiple factors, including issues…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living. The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) when union members prevented operators at the country’s power control rooms from working and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-Electricity workers across Nigeria have shut down the national grid, leading to a nationwide blackout. The strike was called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in protest of the assault on Joe Ajaero, the President of the NLC, on November 1, 2023, in Imo State. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for the Transmission…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national grid has collapsed again, leaving many Nigerians in darkness, with most of the country without electricity. In a statement seen by BusinessDay, it was gathered that the collapse occurred in the early hours of Thursday around 12:40 a.m. This comes just a week after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said there are other challenges that led to the nationwide power outage apart from the issue of the drop in water level at dams. The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, said this Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians are groaning in darkness for the first time in 2022 after the national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Monday, seizing power supply to homes amidst scorching weather conditions. The situation is exposing companies, businesses, and individual users to economic difficulties, as many Nigerians question why the system continues to…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national power grid has collapsed for the second time in less than a month, worsening the blackout being experienced by households and businesses in parts of Nigeria. The collapse, which occurred around 1:00pm on Monday, was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country. The grid had on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will now face total blackout after the collapse of the nation’s power grid. According to reports, the power grid collapsed in the early hours of Sunday. Confirming this development, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, took to his Twitter account saying that the current power outage was due to system collapse on the…