A yet-to-be-identified electricity vandal has met his waterloo in Ezillo, Ebonyi State, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said. TCN said the vandal was electrocuted while trying to tamper with Tower 34 along the Nkalagu-Abakaliki 132kV transmission line. According to the transmission company, security operatives informed the TCN about the incident on July 19,…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the successful commissioning of a new 330/132/33kV Bauchi Transmission Substation in Bauchi town. The substation, commissioned on July 3, 2025, according to a statement by TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, has added 250MW to the national grid. The project, a TCN/World Bank initiative which commenced…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Saturday said there has been no system collapse in 2025. The TCN in a statement posted on its official X handle on Saturday made this known in reaction to reports that the national grid had collapsed twice in 2025. On 12 February, electricity distribution companies announced that a…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has stated that the power fluctuations experienced in some parts of the country on Saturday were caused by line trippings. According to a statement released by the TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, the national grid did not experience a collapse on Saturday. She confirmed that the Ihovbor line tripped at 1:41…
The Managing Director and CEO of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Sule Abdulaziz, has disclosed that Nigeria supplies 24-hour electricity to neighbouring countries Togo and Benin, amid ongoing discussions in the country following a recent power grid collapse. “We supply Togo, Benin, and Niger. They get power from Nigeria on a 24-hour basis, and they…