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JUST IN: Power Restored in Nigeria After National Power Grid Collapses
Power has been restored after the national power grid collapsed yesterday, 13th September 2023, from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Osogbo, Osun State. It experienced a major failure resulting in widespread power outages across much of the country.
Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), verified that there had been a system collapse and assured that efforts are underway to restore it.
The collapse was also confirmed in a statement signed by Head, Corporate Communications of The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Emeka Ezeh, to its customers.
The statement read, “The EEDC wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40 am today, September 14, 2023.
“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network. Due to this development, all our interface TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre, Osogbo.”
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company also released a statement, “Dear Valued Customer, the outage you are currently experiencing on all our feeders is due to system collapse from TCN while Iganmu feeder is out on fault.
“Our customers will be restored to power supply as soon as the system improves. Fault clearing will commence on Iganmu feeder today. Please bear with us.”
This marks the initial occurrence of a national grid blackout in over a year.
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Girl, 14, killed by lion in Kenya
The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl’s remains.
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A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, according to the conservation agency.
The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl’s remains.
The lion has not been found but KWS said it had set a trap and deployed search teams to look for the animal.
(BBC)
A four-storey building has collapsed in Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos, with occupants trapped, and some feared dead.
Panic gripped residents when the uncompleted building suddenly collapsed on Saturday.
The building houses the popular Equal Right Restaurant.
The incident happened at about 11a.m., today.
As of press time, men of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, as well as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who had been contacted have arrived at the scene.
See photos below:
An unspecific number of people are believed to be trapped under an uncompleted storey building which collapsed in Lagos.
The building housing Equal Rights restaurant located at Oremeta Street, Ojodu Lagos, went down on Saturday morning.
It is believed, however, that some people are still trapped underneath the rubble.
Details later….
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