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Why is Nigeria operating two grids?

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 25 February 2025 0

When the power went out a couple of years ago, Nigerians’ groans of “NEPA” echoed. Nowadays, the typical response—especially for individuals and businesses without renewable energy—is to clarify the assumption that the grid has collapsed. When we discuss Nigeria’s power crisis, we often

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Nationwide blackout as electricity grid collapses

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2023 0

Nigeria is currently experiencing widespread darkness following the collapse of the national grid system. The grid system is operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Checks in the early hour of Thursday showed that the grid plummeted to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity coming from two out […]

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FG Maps 3,937 settlements, 3.2m buildings on power grid

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2022 0

By Godwin Anyebe The federal government has mapped out 3,937 settlements and 3.2 million buildings that are connected to the national electricity grid, said the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Temitope Fashedemi. Speaking while chairing the 5th National Council on Power (NACOP) in Abuja Fashedemi said: “The ministry through collaboration under Nigerian Energy

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FG to add 817MWs to national grid to boost power supply –TCN

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2022 0

The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to add additional 817 Megawatts (MWs) of electricity to the national grid to boost power supply within the FCT and its environs. Mr Sule Abdulaziz, the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said this in Abuja while inspecting ongoing projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) […]