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Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced a blackout successful 5 Northern Nigerian states, including portion of the Niger Republic.
TCN disclosed this successful a connection on Saturday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah.
The Nigerian authorities bureau said the outage is owed to yearly attraction connected its Mando–Kumbotso 330kV Transmission Line scheduled for Sunday, 31st May 2026.
Consequently, Kano Electricity Distribution Company volition beryllium incapable to proviso energy to Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe, and parts of the Niger Republic.
“The outage is indispensable to alteration TCN’s attraction unit to amend a damaged Red Phase Conductor connected Tower T187 on the enactment route.
“Consequently, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) volition beryllium incapable to off-take energy to its customers crossed Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States, arsenic good arsenic parts of Bauchi and Yobe States; customers successful Gazaoua (Niger Republic) would besides beryllium affected by the outage,” TCN stated.
While TCN said the attraction is expected to past betwixt 9am and 4pm, it did not explicitly authorities erstwhile powerfulness would beryllium restored to the affected areas
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