Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Nigeria experienced its first national blackout this year after a grid collapse at 11:21 a.m., causing all 20 power plants, except Ibom Power, to be offline by 11:51 a.m. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the incident, stating that the power outage was due to a system failure from the national grid. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) stated that the grid experienced a partial disturbance due to gas constraints at its Ibom power station, feeding Eket, Ekim, Itu & Uyo transmission substations. Low power generation has persisted in the country since January 2024, exacerbating daily generation due to the lingering gas constraint. The outage made it the 150th time the country has recorded a grid collapse since 2013. Reasons for the collapses vary, but include outdated infrastructure, vegetation growing along grid lines, vandalism of the grid, and a shortage of gas.

Some states in nigeria are likely to witness massive flooding in the coming days as cameroon is set to open the dam situated on the Benue River. the states, according to the national emergency management Agency NEMA, are Adamawa, Taraba, benue, Nassarawa, kogi, plateau, gombe and Bauchi. THE muinistry of foreign Affairs, in a memo dated August 25,2023 alertted NEMA of a note verbale from the cameroonia high commission that officials had resolved to opene the floodgates of thelagdo Dam in days ahead due to the heavy rainfall around the dams catchment area in northernn cameroon.

Some states in nigeria are likely to witness massive flooding in the coming days as cameroon is set to open the dam situated on the Benue River. the states, according to the national emergency management Agency NEMA, are Adamawa, Taraba, benue, Nassarawa, kogi, plateau, gombe and Bauchi. THE muinistry of foreign Affairs, in a memo dated August 25,2023 alertted NEMA of a note verbale from the cameroonia high commission that officials had resolved to opene the floodgates of thelagdo Dam in days ahead due to the heavy rainfall around the dams catchment area in northernn cameroon.