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Blackout: TCN blames ‘temporary disturbance’, as national grid begins recovery
Blackout: TCN blames ‘temporary disturbance’, as national grid begins recovery
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has disclosed that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15 a.m., on Saturday, leading to nationwide power outages.
Read: Updated: National grid collapses third time in one week; Ikeja recovers to 130MW
TCN explained that a report from the NCC (National Control Centre) showed that “the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation.
“And, as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing the outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.
“The action of the protection system led to a temporary disturbance on the grid.
“Our engineers at Jebba have successfully carried out switchings, isolating the faulty current transformer. They have equally reconfigured the busbar arrangement, restoring power supply to the station, and other parts of the grid.”
Checks by Vanguard on the latest data from the National System Operator showed that as of 12 noon, supply had recovered to 496.20MW.
Vanguard had reported earlier that the power grid had collapsed again, the third time in the past seven days and the eighth in total this year.
A check by Vanguard on data supplied by the National System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed grid supply was 3,041.72MW as of 8 am. It dropped significantly to 47MW by 9 am with only Azura-Edo IPP on the grid.
Further analysis showed that the grid on Friday recorded a peak supply of 4,807.2MW with 4,011.27MW as the lowest supply.
The national grid on its verified social media account, X (formerly Twitter) confirmed that seven of the nation’s eleven electricity distribution companies had zero load allocation.
Only Benin DisCo (70 MW), Ibadan DisCo (60 MW), Ikeja DisCo (30 MW) and Eko DisCo (20 MW) had minimal supply as of 10.16 am.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria had on Friday announced that two towers along its 330kV Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines one and two have been vandalized, damaging parts of both transmission lines.
According to reports from the Shiroro Regional office of TCN, the 330kV transmission line one tripped first, followed shortly by the second, as efforts were still ongoing to reclose the first line, prompting the urgent mobilization of local vigilantes to patrol the lines.
This led to the discovery of two damaged towers, towers T133 and tower T 136, with their cables badly damaged at several points.
Source: Vanguard News
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Prophet Jeremiah Prophet, the founding prophet and General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, grieves as his 104 year old mother passes away. Mama Asetu Fufeyin, who died at the remarkable age of 104, lived a fulfiled life, IduwiniVoice canreport. The renowned Nigerian prophet shared the news on Saturday via his Facebook account, revealing the death of his mother on may 9.
In a deeply emotional message, Prophet Fufeyin paid tribute to his late but beloved mother, expressing his profound sense of loss:
“We sadly announce the passing of our beloved Mama Asetu on May 9th, 2025. Her life was a blessing, her memory a treasure. A Celebration of Life will be held to honor her legacy—details to follow. Forever in our hearts. Rest in eternal peace, Mama.”
Mama Asetu lived a long, meaningful life, and was dearly loved by her family and all who knew her. A “Celebration of Life” will be held in her honour, with additional details to be shared by the family soon.
She will be remembered for her unwavering strength, deep devotion, and the powerful spiritual legacy she leaves through her son, a leading prophetic voice in Nigeria and beyond.
May her soul rest in eternal peace.
The management of Gbaramatuvoice a leading Niger Delta media organisation that runs both print and telecasting of news, media, and current affairs, has announced the date for the anticipated 10th anniversary of the organisation’s operation.
This was shared in a post on its official whatsapp group where the management made the important announcement. While the venue and some other details remains unannounced,
the events marking the decade-long resilience of the organisation will be holding on August 27 and 28, 2025 as highlighted.
See details below:
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“To mark this significant milestone, we will be hosting a special 10th Anniversary Celebration featuring key stakeholders, partners, media professionals, and cultural icons. The event will include the unveiling of landmark projects, awards presentations, and a renewed commitment to the future of indigenous storytelling and impactful media.
Further details regarding the venue, special guests, and program schedule will be released in the coming days.
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Niger Deltans watch in keen anticipation of what promises to be truly spectacular.
Don’t go nowhere… IduwiniVoice will bring yup to speed with details of pre-, during, and post-events.
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Bishop Oyedepo has announced that 32 transformers will be used to power the Ark when it comes on stream after it’s November dedication. According to him, during the second service yesterday, 4th May 2025 at the Faith Tabernacle, this will be required because of the large power requirement at the new building. The Ark will have 129 elevators, travelators and escalators which will move worshippers including elderly people and in other cases, challenged folks who require healing up and down the 4 floor, 109,000 capacity bowl as well as the 5,000 capacity youth church and 20,000 seat children’s church. Additionally, the staff will operate between the 12 twin tower mission headquarters and use of the staircase may not always be practicable.
Canaanland already had a 15MW Power plant installed in 2016 but this will be inadequate for power needs of the Ark. The Dome will also draw 1MW of solar energy to the facility while the roof is designed to gather rain 🌧 water to aid in flushing the 1,200 restrooms by gravity.
The transformers located at the new power plant required to power plant is much bigger than the present plant.
It is believed to be already under construction and would be finished in time for the dedication of the Ark.
The new Megawatt power plant reported to be 80MW will help to supply electricity to the whole of Canaanland including The Ark, Covenant University, Canaan City and possibly some parts of Ota.
According to Bishop Oyedepo, Canaanland has never experienced a complete electricity blackout since 1999 contrary to the norm in Nigeria.
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