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TCN boss, top management staff get appointment letters

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

The acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Sule Abdulaziz and four senior management staff of the company have received their appointment letters. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah

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TCN, NNPC collaborate to increase gas supply to electricity industry

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has received unprecedented support from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for availability of gas. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah said that TCN was working with the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. […]

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TCN to acquire helicopters for fault detection on power lines

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2020 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced plans to acquire helicopters for fault detection across its transmission line network in the country. TCN’s Managing Director, Usman Mohammed, said this on Wednesday on the sideline of the ongoing three-day international conference on energy, power systems operations and planning, ICEPSOP 2020, in Abuja. The theme of

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FG pumps N600 billion funds into power sector

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2019 0

The power sector will be receiving N600bn intervention from the Federal Government soon. It was gathered on Wednesday in Abuja that President Muhammad Buhari has signed for the release of the fund. The Marketing Operator, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Edmond Eje, disclosed this while speaking on the sidelines of the third MO interactive stakeholders’ forum. […]

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DisCos refute TCN claims on system collapse

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2019 0

Micheal Ajayi Following the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) report on system collapse, Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) has denied the allegation of it dropping load allocation. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, on Monday, debunked the development is “We didn’t drop any load.” He said

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TCN rectifies faults at Jos-Gombe 330KVA line

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2018 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has sent technical experts to restore technical issues emerging from the Jos-Gombe 330kV Transmission Line, which had just undergone annual scheduled maintenance, at the North Eastern part of the country including Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa Borno, Yobe and Taraba states. In a statement issued by the General Manager […]

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System collapses cause N3.85bn damage to power infrastructure

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2018 0

Six system collapses recorded in January 2018 by the Transmission Company of Nigeria has culminated in the damage of nine vital components, which will cost the company N3.85 billion to procure the relevant equipment and rehabilitate within nine months, The Daily Times has gathered. It was learned that the equipment includes a 1x150mva, 330/132kv T1A […]

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Another 132kv transmission line vandalised in Enugu – TCN

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2018 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported vandalisation in the 132kV Double Circuit transmission line being constructed by Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) from New Haven through 9th Mile to Nsukka. In a statement signed by the General Manager (Public Affairs) of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, yesterday in Abuja, the vandalisation was perpetrated by […]

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Tension in TCN over appointment of new helmsman

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2018 0

*Departing MD flouts SGF’s hand over circular *Workers threaten strike over action Crisis is brewing in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over the choice of a new chief executive following the departure of the former Managing Director, Usman Gur Mohammed, who in breach of the circular by the Secretary to the Government of the […]

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TCN’s Fibre Optic Saga: Alheri, Phase 3 owe FG N27.18bn in 11 years

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2018 0

…Fashola writes Buhari, seeks EFCC, others probe of Phase 3, Alheri (Dangote subsidiary) …Raises conflicts of interest by Makoju, Diko with Dangote, Jegede, Ex- Minister Cornelius Adebayo’s son-in- law The Federal Government’s ongoing war against corruption and sleaze may be a Herculean task to accomplish, following a startling revelation that two indigenous

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National grid transmission to hit 20,000 megawatts

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2017 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its current transmission expansion initiative is designed to increase the nation’s grid transmission capacity to 20,000 megawatts in the next three years. TCN’s Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, disclosed this at a meeting in Abuja on the impact assessment study for the second Ikeja West 330kv transmission reinforcement

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DisCos’ performance below expectation – NERC

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2017 0

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) that has been monitoring the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos), Electricity Generation Companies (Gencos) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) indicated in its report that many of them performed below expectation in six months (between Q4’16 and Q1’17). The report disclosed that Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and

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Fire completely destroys TCN’s equipment

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2017 0

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that fire incident at the Afam V power station. The fire its said completely destroyed TCNs protection and control equipment in its relay and control room. The incident which happened on Jan. 18, has constrained the evacuation of guaranteed 450MW generation by the station . The General […]

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Let There Be Light…

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

Despite the unprecedented level of investment in the power sector and increase in electricity tariffs, power supply situation in Nigeria is still the same with the gap between demand and supply widening sharply in the urban areas even after the privatization exercise. Even though power generation has barely improved beyond 4000 megawatts over the past […]