Breaking: National blackout beckons as labour closes national grid

As the organized labour movement in Nigeria resumed its planned indefinite national strike, Monday, the nation begins to witness total blackout as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), notifies that the national grid has been shut down. A statement by Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, of TCN, the shutdown of the national grid was […]


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