Residents of Ujabhole-Uwessan, in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, were on Sunday, thrown into mourning, as an 18-year-old girl from the area was electrocuted by cables of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria. The deceased, identified as Iyogosa Godsday, was reportedly hit by PHCN high tension wire while trying put on line, clothes she hadwashed,...
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Teenager, two others electrocuted in the process of vandalizing PHCN cables and illegal manipulation
A teenager and two others have been reportedly electrocuted in parts of Makurdi town after they allegedly tampered with Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, power transmission lines. Saturday Vanguard gathered from eyewitnesses yesterday that the victims met their untimely death in the process of vandalizing PHCN cables and illegal manipulation of the...
Alleged brutality and torture of workers of PHCN, Ibadan Zone by men of the Nigerian Air Force has reportedly forced the company to stop services to Nigerian Air Force formations nationwide. Organised labour in the power sector had on April 2 issued a deadline to the Air Force to accept responsibility and apologise for the assault on workers by its men or have...
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria on Monday denied collecting N17 million from Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State. A statement by the Head of Public Affairs, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Mr. Babalimmy Omar, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, said the company was however working out ways to restore power to the state. According...
OWERRI—Workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, last Wednesday, withdrew their services in Imo State thereby throwing the entire state into darkness. Vanguard investigations revealed that the action of PHCN workers was in full compliance with directive of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, on the on-going strike...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa has arrested six suspects for allegedly vandalising Power Holding Company of Nigeria cables in Yola town, the News Agency of Nigeria reports Parading the suspects, comprising a man, Mohammed Adamu, and five minors he used for the operation, the state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Goodluck Asibi, said...
