TCN schedules four-hour outage in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa

A significant portion of northern Nigeria and a border area of Niger will experience a planned power outage on Sunday, June 28, 2026, due to essential maintenance work on the national electricity grid. The Transmission Company of Nigeria announced the four-hour shutdown at its Kumbotso 330kV Transmission Substation in Kano, scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The outage will prevent several electricity distribution companies from receiving power for onward supply. The Kano Electricity Distribution Company will be fully affected, along with parts of the Jos and Yola distribution networks. This will result in a temporary loss of electricity for consumers in the Nigerian states of Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, the Azare area of Bauchi, and the Nguru area of Yobe. The disruption will also extend to the town of Gazaoua in the neighboring Niger Republic.

The maintenance is necessary to allow contractors to continue a major upgrade project at the substation. The work involves upgrading the 330kV Bus II jumpers and replacing existing 350mm² conductors with higher-capacity 800mm² conductors. Officials stated that this infrastructure improvement is a strategic investment designed to strengthen...