Tag: Ndidi Mbah

TCN Records Attacks On 18 Transmission Towers In Five Days

Ganiyu Amodu

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has recorded destruction of over 18 transmission towers between January 9 and 14, 2025, in Rivers, Abia, and Kano States. Ndidi Mbah, the company’s image-maker, in a statement quoted Engr. Emmanuel Okpa, to have disclosed that routine inspections uncovered significant damage to multiple towers, with specific incidents including the removal of structural components and bolts in Abia State. According to the statement, TCN’s operations face challenges due to these acts, prompting calls for community support to protect critical infrastructure. The company emphasized the need…

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Blackout Looms as 5 Powerlines Collapse in Lagos, Dip TCN’s Bulk Power

Ayobami Adedinni

Collapse, a setback to TCN’s grid expansion, major reduction of bulk power wheeled to TCN’s 330/132/33kV Akangba Transmission Substation   It may be a dark yuletide for residents of Lagos as the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said that it will take a while to re-erect the five transmission towers and restring the 33kV line damaged earlier today. Platforms Africa had reported the collapse of the 33Kv Powerline. READ ALSO: BREAKING: 33Kv Powerline Collapses, Rocks Lagos With Explosion + PHOTOS Nigerians Spend ₦2.6 Trillion to Buy Fuel For Generators, Cars…

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UNCOVERED: TCN’s Budget Non-Transparent on Personnel, Overhead, recurrent Spending

Ayobami Adedinni

Nigerian Power transmission firm budgets zero naira for staff salary, keeps mum to enquiry on holes in its N105bn budget   The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has budgeted Zero Naira for Personnel, Overhead and Recurrent Expenditure in its 2022 appropriations, Platforms Africa has uncovered, showing lack of trasparency in the N105 billion 2022 budget of the firm. Platforms Africa, which uncovered this, reported that the company was also not transparent on spending for its Personnel, Overhead and Recurrent Expenditure in the N5.3billion budget of 2021. It recorded zero naira…

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EXCLUSIVE: How Nigeria’s Grid collapse, Blackout lasted for 6hrs 53mins

Damilola Olonade

  Plus the TCN’s account of what led to the collapse and how bulk power was restored to all the 330 Kilo Volt (kV)Transmission Stations across the entire grid.   The total collapse suffered by the Nigeria’s electricity tranmission system also known as national grid, which plunged the country into a blackout on Wednesday, lasted for 6 hours and 53 minutes. Platforms Africa, which earlier broke the news of the collapse on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, gathered exclusively that the blackout lasted for just 7 minutes less than 7 hours.…

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Boko Haram bombs Powerline towers, plunges Maiduguri into fresh darkness

Aliyu Aliyu

  Details have emerged on how Boko Haram, again, plunged the hitherto commercial capital of Northeast Nigeria, Maiduguri and environs into fresh darkness barely four days after electricity supply was restored to the region. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, which gave the details in a statement to Platforms Africa, said that the insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu-Maidugiri 330kiloVolt Transmission Line. The procurement and installation of the transmission line have earlier gulped several millions of Naira. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in the…

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Nigeria’s Power transmission hits all-time peak of 5,552.80MW

Dawood Rabiu

  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully transmitted an enhanced all-time peak of 5,552.80 Mega Watts (MW) on Wednesday at 8.15pm. General Manager, Public Affairs of the company, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, added that this latest all-time peak transmitted, surpassed the last peak generation of 5,520.40MW which was effectively transmitted by TCN on Oct. 30, 2020 by 32.40MW. The new peak, she said, was an indication of the gradual but consistent growth in the capability of the…

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