NERC, TCN Blame Third Power Grid Collapse in One Week on Transformer Explosion in Jebba Regulator to conduct public hearing on recurring grid disturbances Nnaji seeks return of power purchase agreements to boost generation
Festus Akanbi, Peter Uzoho, Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday blamed the collapse of the
national grid on a transformer that exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission substation. NERC has also announced plans
to conduct an investigative public hearing to identify both the immediate and underlying causes of recurring grid disturbances and widespread
outages. This is just as a former Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has called on the federal government
to resume the signing of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Continued on page 5
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I’ll Continue to Be Problem to Atiku, Obi, Wike Declares, Pledges Support for Tinubu
FCT minister bitter for losing PDP presidential primary, says Atiku Obi will not dignify Wike with response, spokesman insists
Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
The Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has stated that he will continue to be a problem to the camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi. Speaking yesterday at a luncheon
he organised for the members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to him in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, capital, Wike also
pledged unflinching support for President Bola Tinubu. This is just as Atiku has described Wike’s comments as a lingering
symptom of the bitterness he harbours from his defeat in the 2022 Continued on page 5
Civil War Fought to Unite Nigeria, Not to Defeat Any Part, Gowon Insists Tinubu, Jonathan, Osinbajo, Katsina, Niger govs, CDS celebrate former leader at 90
Olawale Ajimotokan and Linus Aleke in Abuja Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) yesterday insisted that the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970 was fought to keep the country together and not a question of defeating any part of the country. This is just as President Bola Tinubu, represented by his wife, Senator Oluremi; former President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda; his Niger State counterpart, Umaru Bago; and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, yesterday extended felicitations to the former Head of State on the momentous occasion of his 90th birthday. Speaking at the 90th birthday thanksgiving service held in his honour at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, Gowon, who was Continued on page 5
WELCOME BACK, MR PRESIDENT…
L-R: Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, welcoming President Bola Tinubu back to Abuja... yesterday
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