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Data showed the supply of power fell to around 50 MW early on Monday from 4020 MW the previous day.

The areas affected include Abuja and areas in Kogi State.

The transformer increased the substation’s installed capacity from 180 MVA to 280 MVA.

The new transformer will help more power to be distributed to customers.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully upgraded two transformers for the Benin Transmission Substation and Ihovbor Work Centre.

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has proposed a $156 million annual budget for the execution of its 330 kV North Core project.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has successfully energised a new 60 MVA power transformer at its 132/33KV Okenne Transmission Substation in Kogi State.

The sixth largest power distribution utility in Nigeria has been put up for sale by the country’s electricity regulator over a $130 million debt.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the destruction of three of its towers along the Maiduguri – Damaturu transmission line with explosives.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria says it has taken delivery of seven power transformers and their accessories at its Akangba 330/132 kV transmission substation in Lagos.

Nigeria’s electricity grid has once again thrown the country into darkness as the government operated system went down Monday afternoon.

New substations and thousands of kilometres of overhead transmission lines to connect them to older ones are to be built in Nigeria to supplement its electricity grid.

The Lagos Region of TCN has taken delivery of a new 100 MVA power transformer with its accessories over the weekend at its 132/33 kV transmission substation in Lagos.

Niger has initiated the operation of its mega solar power plant, mitigating the power shortages brought about by Nigeria’s exit from its power sector.

The Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has announced that there will be a 9-hour blackout in some districts on Saturday, October 28.

An explosion left many dead and wounded in the Nigerian Kabong community in the Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State.

A 500 KVA transformer was donated to the people of Ikoto community in Odogbolu Local Government Area.

The outage affected all 36 states and the capital, power should be ‘fully restored in no time’.

A man was found electrocuted after supposedly trying to steal transformer cables.

A man was electrocuted while allegedly attempting to vandalise a transformer.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has delivered over 39 power transformers and spare parts as well as substation projects across its 10 regions.

Nigeria needs at least 20,000 MW of electricity to drive its industrial, economic and social activities, says the country’s leading power generating company.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Port Harcourt Water Corporation has issued a call for tenders to construct a power station and instal a 5 MVA 33 kV/11 kV power transformer.

Nigerian federal government has broken ground for the construction of an $8 M transmission substation in Oro, the local government area of Kwara state.

Nigeria, Abuja: Transmission Company of Nigeria received a 100 MVA transformer for its Katampe 132/33 kV transmission substation.

Nigeria, Abuja: Nigeria is to develop new power transmission lines across the country, with its government approving a contract to activate a 132.32 kVA substation.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the construction of a power substation to increase the country’s power transmission capacity.

Nigeria, Abuja: President Muhammadu Buhari has recently commissioned Nigeria’s largest grid-connected solar power plant.