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  The reappointed managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) recently met with the general staff in a town hall meeting and addressed several issues, including outlining the way forward and seeking the cooperation of Union members. Stories by our reporters from Abuja The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. (Dr.) Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz has pledged a results-driven second term in office that will significantly improve bulk power delivery and make the transmission network more viable, reliable, and beneficial for all Nigerians. Engr. Abdulaziz made the pledge on Wednesday, 23rd April 2026, during the first Town Hall Meeting with staff at TCN Corporate Headquarters, Abuja, following his reappointment by President Bola Tinubu for a second five-year term. According to him, “this reappointment is not just a continuation. It is a call to greater responsibility. It is directly aligned with the directive ...

  This is one of the most illustrative testimonies and brilliance of the stewardship accounts of how Nigeria’s national grid was transformed by no less a person than the recently reappointed managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Engr. (Dr) Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz Stories by our reporters The testament of my stewardship you are about to read has been made possible in part due to the immense support garnered from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Ministry of Power, as well as my decades of engineering experience, project management expertise, and deep institutional knowledge of the Nigerian power sector. My appointment came at a critical time in the evolution of Nigeria’s electricity industry when the transmission segment of the value chain required renewed strategic direction, accelerated infrastructure development, stronger operational discipline, and modern digital capabilities to support a rapidly evolving electricity market. From ...

  Journalism has continued to evolve since the days of veterans like Professors Alfred Opubor, Onoura Nwuneli, Ralph Akinfeleye, Adidi Uyo, Idowu Sobowale, and other greats, not to mention the shining lights of flawless prose writing like Dan Agbese, Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Muhammed, Dele Gowa, and not least, Olatunji Dare. But the entrance of Sahara Reporters appears to deviate from those widely held pragmatic principles of decency. Stories by our reporters In those days, the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos was very hot and remains so to date. Exciting lecturers in the mold of Dr Adidi Uyo, Ralph Akinfeleye, and Idowu Sobowale made teachings very robust and thirsty to listeners. Students learnt the trade and picked up fast. They taught the tenets of practical journalism exhaustively and left no stone unturned. They made journalism so sweet that students were always hungry to learn more; the thrills were such that even the 13 points cut-off mark for entry ...

  Since the reappointment of Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdul-Aziz of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, leaders of various groups have continued to pour encomiums on Mr. President and the Honorable Minister of Power for the strategic decision Stories by Lucy Gabriel and Clement Ebaku reporting from Abuja. “When we heard the announcement by the presidency, we were overjoyed”, explained Comrade Williams Smith Bassey. Before then, Comrade Bassey, who is the Executive Secretary of the Network of Advocacy for Private Positive Impact Initiative (NAPPI), said his organization was praying for it to happen because the country needed stability in the power sector. “We heard about the selfish opposition, the threats and petitions and we knew they were concocted lies against a humble and humane personality; we prayed for the minister and Mr. President to see beyond the schemes; we knew they were orchestrated and unfounded allegations”, he further explained, When, eventually the announcement was m...

  A coalition of civil society organizations has expressed concerns about a recent attempt to misinform the Nigerian public and sow unwarranted doubts about the government's operations. The group, acting under the aegis of the Network of Advocacy for Positive Impact Initiative, spoke through their Executive Secretary, Comrade Williams Bassey, while addressing the press in his office in Abuja. Comrade Williams, flanked by the Executive Secretary of the Niger Delta Movement and the Arewa Youths Forum, vehemently opposes any narrative that seeks to undermine confidence in government institutions, arguing that any such thing must be examined carefully and responsibly to ensure that public discourse remains factual, balanced, and in the overall interest of the nation. Speaking further, the coalition agreed that public allegations that question the integrity or operations of national institutions should not be allowed to degenerate into claims that could erode public trust and confid...

  Though critics are quick to point to negligence and underperformance on the part of the Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) officials, a thorough study has revealed the drastic steps the Tinubu-led administration has been taking to halt the drift through extraordinary innovations and investments in new infrastructure and system improvements .   Stories by Ejike Emmanuel and Ambrose Isele reporting from Abuja and Lagos.   Grid collapse are often greeted with uproar and especially these days as the heat closes in on already depressed Nigerians; when that happens and this is the first in this year 2026, as reported, the resultant action by aggrieved Nigerians is not to study why this is so; instead, the tendency is to haul insults at whoever is in charge and some go as far as calling for their head! If the truth be told, no nation will tolerate disruptions of such magnitude, and that is exactly why Nigerians are frustrated against the backdr...