A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday afternoon, abruptly shutting down daily activities, halting trains and subways, cutting off traffic lights, closing stores and canceling or delaying some flights. The cause of the blackout, which stranded tens of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula, was still unknown by Tuesday morning, though…
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 MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation’s seat of power – Aso Rock Presidential Villa – was not spared from the current blackout across the country as it ran on power generators for most of the day on Monday, March 14. This comes at a time President Muhammadu Buhari is vacating in London for a medical…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced that there would be planned power outages across Lagos State between 7th to 13th March 2022. This was disclosed by the company in a statement on Monday afternoon. The power outage comes at a period of low power and fuel supply which has plagued Nigerian…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is America and not a third world country. Texa residents were seen in a video lining up to fetch water amid power outage. The excessive cold has sent energy demand skyrocketing. In Texas, 4.3 million customers were without electricity as of 8:45 p.m. Eastern, according to poweroutage.us, ahead of what was…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State government on Wednesday evening resolved the rift between Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) which let to power cut since Dec 23, 2019. Mr Kenedy Olorogun, Chairman, Central Zone of the IYC , who confirmed the development in a telephone interview said the youths have…