By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Businesses in Calabar, Cross River State, are under pressure, following the lack of power supply in the city for seven days. The situation was caused by a fire that occurred on 3 September, at the 132/33 KV Substation in Adiabo, Calabar. Ndidi Mbah, TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, had
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper Listen To The Report There was wild jubilation on Monday in Calabar, as power returned after 38 days of total darkness. Recall that Calabar and its environs had been without power since April 8 but before then major parts of the metropolis had been in darkness for 54 days. The
By Tayo Olu, The Whistler September 26 was an unusual day for a nursing mother (names withheld) who left her baby at home and hurried to submit an application for a prepaid meter at the office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Kagini, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory. She needed a prepaid
By Simon Echewofun Sunday, Daily Trust Newspapers The federal government recently announced that it was deploying solar-powered grids to 200 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and the 104 Unity Schools nationwide. This development is coming when the power supply from the national grid is not enough for the over eight million registered electricity customers of the
By Ushang Ewa Jedy Agba, Nigeria’s junior minister of power is currently inspecting some properties that were attacked last weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Over 60 properties were either attacked, vandalized, looted or razed in what some are describing as a historic event. One of the places attacked, looted and razed was
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Worried by the continued detention and trial of journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo, in Calabar, Cross River State, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the State Governor, Ben Ayade, to drop all charges against him and restore his freedom. Similarly, friends, relatives and colleagues of Jalingo staged
By Patrick Obia The Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman, has said the Muhammadu Buhari next level administration will deliver uninterrupted power supply to Nigeria before the end of its tenure. This was as the Managing Director of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Engr. Garba Haruna, assured that his company was ready to play its part
The glow of satisfaction and achievement that adorned Governor Ayade’s face, as he appraised himself after the test run of power evacuation from the 23 megawatts Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), power plant he has constructed in Calabar, was very memorable. He doubled the excitement by renaming the project after himself “Ayade Power Plant” according