Day: February 5, 2022

21 People Electrocuted, Authority Blames Death on Illegal Connections

Aoko Benjamin

Kenya power says it suffered millions losses to illegal connection in its South Nyanza Region Twenty one cases of fatal and ten non fatal incidences have been reported in the Kenyan South Nyanza region, a situation the authority said was due to illegal power connections. A report by correspondent Africa shows that the details emerged in an interview with Kenya Power,  South Nyanza regional Manager, Engineer Dan Obiero, who revealed that the stage agency continues incurring loses due to rampant vandalism in the Region. According to Engineer Obieto,  in the…

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JUST IN: 1320mw Egbin Plant Resumes Operation, Gives Output Update

Ayobami Adedinni

The 1320 megawatt capacity Egbin Power Plc has resumed marginal operations after being shut down over a fire incident on February 2, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that the Group Managing Director of Sahara Power, owners of the Egbin Power Plant, Mr Kola Adesina, who declared this in a phone interview, maintained that though the operation is still marginal with just one 220mw capacity turbine in operation, plans are on going to raise the output to 660 mw before Monday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nationwide Power Outage Worsens, TCN Begins Load Shedding…

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UNILORIN Features Portable’s Zazu Zeh Lyrics as Compulsory Exam Question

Precious Ibekwe

The exam question made compulsory for students of the department of mass communication is  for 24 marks   Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known by his stage name as Portable, was featured in a recent examination held by the University of Ilorin. The exam question which focused on the singer’s Zazu lyrics was made the number one and compulsory question for students of the department of mass communication to attempt. 24 marks were allotted to the question. READ ALSO: Meet Zainab Bello, 1st Female First Class Maths Graduate in ABU…

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BREAKING: Nationwide Power Outage Worsens, TCN Begins Load Shedding

ADEOLA YUSUF

Outage, load shedding are real, bear with us, Ikeja electric begs customers The nationwide power outage rocking Nigeria has degenerated as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) begins massive load shedding across the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) catchment areas in the country. Platforms Africa reports that this resulting from the shutdown of biggest thermal plant in the country, Egbin Power Plc, could further worsen the business woes for small and medium scale firms, as well as, surging the production and running cost for large scale firms in Nigeria. READ ALSO:…

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