The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Nigeria’s transmission network now has an infrastructure capacity of 54,995 megawatts across 333 transmission lines, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, but the figure needs to be viewed against the much smaller amount of electricity the country actually generates and delivers to consumers. The latest disclosure by TCN General Manager, Operations, Godwin Aguiyi, has…
A fresh dispute over Nigeria’s troubled electricity sector has opened between the Presidency and the opposition, after Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed a campaign pledge by Peter Obi to raise power generation and distribution by at least 10,000 megawatts within four years. Onanuga criticised the recent promise by…
Nigeria’s Transmission Company of Nigeria has added 600 megawatts to the national grid following the official commissioning of a new high-voltage transmission line project in Edo State, offering fresh hope for improved electricity supply across the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, made the announcement on Thursday at…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to slash regional power losses to 6.5% by the end of 2026. Under the new directive, which took effect today, the regulator is moving away from national averages to hold individual regions accountable for energy wasted in transit. Current data reveals…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has fixed February 18 and 19 for scheduled maintenance at its Zungeru Transmission Substation in Niger State. The company will shut down key equipment daily between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Officials confirmed that engineers will service major transformers and critical switchgear units. The intervention targets a 150MVA 330/132/33kV transformer…