Afriland Properties Plc confirmed on Wednesday that a fire broke out at its headquarters, Afriland Towers, on Broad Street in Lagos Island, a day after panicked workers smashed windows for air as smoke swept through the six-storey building. The company said in a statement by its Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Chukwunonso Okafor, that the…
The Nigerian government on Wednesday said it has spent about N8.8 billion to repair transmission towers vandalised across the country. Bolaji Tunji, special adviser on strategic communication and media relations to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Mr Tunji said the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of…
There is a power outage in some parts of Kano and Kaduna states after vandals reportedly destroyed two towers belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement issued on Friday, identified the damaged towers as T133 and T136 towers, located along the 330-kilovolt Shiroro-Kaduna transmission lines 1…
