#Nigeria

Nigeria, Osogbo: Residents of Osogbo have been thrown into darkness after vandals stole major components of the transformer serving the community.

Nigerian government directed ministries to conclude the engagement with Siemens to commence the financing aspects of the Presidential Power Initiative.

Cameroon plans to construct an electricity transmission line from Nachtigal hydroelectric plant to Bafoussam, which will connect to Nigeria.

Kebbi State government has received 60MVA transformer from KADECO, in collaboration with the Federal Government.

Nigeria: The nation’s hydropower plants have seen their output levels tumble in the past few days, causing total power generation to drop below 4,000 MVA.

To strengthen its network and improve power supply, EKEDP investments in infrastructure has resulted in improvements in power supplied to its customers.

TCN has completed repair work on one of its 60 MVA 132 / 33 kV power transformers in its Sokoto Transmission Substation, Sokoto State.

Nigeria’s company Ikeja Electric announced the appointment of Folake Soetan as its acting chief executive officer, effective 2 March, 2020.

Nigeria is witnessing power supply shortage as the Transmission Company of Nigeria revealed that power generating plants could not generate any megawatt of electricity.

Plans are underway for the construction of a transmission line after the governor of Kano State signed an MoU with the TCN, for better electricity supply.

The governor of Kano State has signed an MoU with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), in Asokoro, Abuja, for better electricity supply in the state.

Nigeria: The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, is calling on the Nigerian government to review the privatisation of the country’s power sector.

Fire struck the Ayede station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan, Oyo State, burning completely the transformer located inside the station.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has installed a 300 MVA power transformer at the 330/132 kilovolt (kV) Asaba transmission substation in Delta State.

Nigeria: The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria, ushered in the New Year with a newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ahmad Salihijo.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has energized a brand new 100 MVA 132 / 33 kV power transformer installed at the Ogba transmission substation in Lagos State

Nigeria: Nigeria has applied for a $3 B loan at the World Bank for the expansion of transmission and distribution networks confirmed the minister of finance, budget and national planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed.

Nigeria: The executive vice chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mohammed Haruna said that Nigeria will work closely with China for the production of Nigerian-made transformers.

The TCN confirmed that a transmission substation in Abuja caught fire and stated that one of the power transformers in the substation was involved.

Nigeria: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) begun the execution of the $170 M power transmission project called the ‘Abuja Feeding Scheme’.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria disclosed that it has begun the execution of a $170 M power transmission project called the ‘Abuja Feeding Scheme’ on Thursday.

Nigeria is set to open a 550 MW gas-to-power facility that will provide 4.5 TWh of secure, affordable energy when it becomes fully operational in 2022.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has embarked on a large grid expansion and rehabilitation project in order to strengthen the national grid and ensure better electricity transmission across the country.

Nigeria, Ogun State: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has installed another power transformer at the Ijebu-Ode transmission substation in the state of Ogun, increasing the substations’ capacity from 60 MVA to 120 MVA.