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The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that likely sabotage by some electricity workers caused a fire outbreak that destroyed three transformers worth $4 million at the sub-regional switchyard of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. This comes as he warned electricity staff against vandalizing the national grid while embarking on industrial action. Adelabu, who inspected the TCN in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, also lamented that during the last warning strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the national grid was attacked. He issued a stern warning to electricity staff against the destruction of the national grid, noting that perpetrators would face the full force of the law. “No matter what the circumstances are, nothing must push us to deliberately destroy these assets of national grid.  I’m not against industrial actions, it is part of labour relations but when we are doing it, we must be conscious of what is our collec

For the third time in less than one week, Nigerians have been thrown into darkness as the national electricity grid has collapsed again. Reports from multiple sources disclosed that power generation dropped from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at about 1am tuesday morning to a meagre 42.7MW. Delta Power plant was active on the grid with 41.00MW only as at 12noon while Afam had 1.7MW. It will be recalled that barely one week ago, the National grid collapsed twice within a space of less than 24 hours leaving the nation in total darkness. Electricity supply was however restored in Nigeria hours after a nationwide blackout on Thursday when the national grid operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Osogbo, Osun State collapsed. Day's before this incident, the Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu claimed that the explosion at Kainji/Jebba 330kV was the cause of the collapse of the national grid during the early hours of last Thursday. The minister had disclosed t