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Blackout imminent as Kainji dam bursts, Nigeria to lose 760MW

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2020 0

Kainji Hydroelectric Dam has experienced a sudden burst which could lead to blackouts in some Nigerian states, Daily Times gathered. The embankments of the Kainji dam, one of Nigeria’s hydro-power stations caved in after the opening of the four spillway gates to free surplus water caused by

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NAFOWA empowers 100 youths, widows in skills acquisition in Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2018 0

The Nigerian Air Force Officers’ Wives Association (NAFOWA), says it has empowered another batch of 100 youths and widows of deceased personnel through its Skills Acquisition and Vocational Training Programme, in Kainji, Niger. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Daramola […]

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Kainji, Jebba plants cut output constraints with water forecast system

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

….as new machines set to enhance operations The Chief Operating Officer (COO), of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), Mr. Jose Villegas, has disclosed that two of Nigeria’s three hydro power plants – 760 megawatts (MW) Kainji and 578.4MW Jebba plants- would be able to maintain optimum efficiency in the amount of electricity they generate, following […]

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45 Boko Haram members bag 31, 3 years jail terms

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

Andrew Orolua, Abuja A Federal High Court in Kainji, Niger State on Friday, sentenced 45 members of the Boko Haram insurgents to 31 and 3 years imprisonment. The court also discharged about 468 suspects after establishing that they have no case to answer. A statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Minister of Information […]