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TCN Restores 90% Power Supply After Nationwide Blackout
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported that it has restored about 90% of bulk power supply to its substations following a national grid collapse that caused a blackout across the country. The incident occurred on Monday, October 14, 2024, at around 6:48 PM, and recovery efforts started immediately with support from the Azura power station.
Despite a minor setback on Tuesday morning, power supply has been restored to the Abuja region and other major distribution centers. The Ibom Gas generating station continued to supply electricity to southern areas during the outage. TCN plans to investigate the cause of the disturbance once the grid is fully operational. While some parts of Abuja saw a return of electricity, many areas still experienced outages, prompting criticism from the public over the frequent grid failures.
It has been reported that Niger State and some northern states have come together and agreed to take down 979 forests in order to strengthen national security.
This was revealed by the Niger State Governor, represented by his deputy, Yakubu Garba, at the passing-out parade in Mutum Daya.
He also shared that the government will support in any way they can in order to achieve this and strengthen security in Nigeria.
“The state will make necessary arrangements to support and empower the Forest Guard families for their service to the nation. We will provide them with adequate healthcare insurance scheme.”
Nigerian news analyst, Mahmud Jega, has shared his opinion on the recent airstrike carried out by the United States in Nigeria, stating that Nigerians should not blame President Bola Tinubu for the incident.
Jega made this statement during a recent interview, where he said he does not believe many people will hold the Tinubu administration responsible, as Donald Trump had issued threats against Nigeria long before Tinubu’s administration.
“No, I don’t think many people will blame the Tinubu administration for what is happening now because President Donald Trump, when he first made the threats, it was clearly not in coordination with the Tinubu administration or the government of Nigeria,” Jega said.
It has been reported that the United States carried out an airstrike targeting ISIS in the northwest region of Nigeria. The order was reportedly given by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS terrorist elements in northwest Nigeria,” Trump said.
He added, “I have previously warned these terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was.”
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