The TCN explained that the incident, which was carried out around the millennium park axis of Abuja, has affected over 60 per cent of the power supply to Abuja.

Vandals steal critical cables supplying 60% of electricity to Abuja, causing power outages. TCN urges vigilance and repair efforts to prevent further disruption

As we are struggling to stabilise energy power transmission in the country, some people are hiding somewhere to frustrate this effort and draw the country backwards.”

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says electricity lines supplying power to various parts of Abuja have again been attacked, stolen and damaged by vandals.

The Federal Government has assured that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway will be ready for use in 14 months. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of the rigid pavement of Section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) on Thursday.

Most parts of Abuja, the nation's capital, have been thrown into darkness as suspected vandals have cut underground transmission cables supplying electricity to the city centre.

Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, has said the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriage way will be ready

NSCDC intensified its efforts to tackle rising criminal activities in the FCT, with a major operation leading to the arrest of 36 scavengers.

The prevailing peace in Abuja, the nation's capital, was shattered recently by a bomb explosion at Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiya School in Kuchibuyi

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied claims that the country's gasoline prices will shortly increase across the country.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service said the fire that gutted a popular Abuja hotel, Focus Holiday Inn, may have been caused by an electrical fault. In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the FCT Fire Service, Adebayo Amiola, said there was extensive damage to the top floor of a newly constructed annexe.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriage way will be ready for use in 14 months.