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A strong rainstorm on Sunday caused great damage in Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, leading to more than 40 communities losing electricity. The storm brought down electricity poles and cables, causing traffic disruption on the Sango-Ota highway on Sunday afternoon. The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company verified the incident and urged residents to stay away from the broken poles and cables.

Sixteen days after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company cut off power to the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State, for owing N495m, the power has been reinstated. PUNCH Online reported that electricity was restored around 6.30 pm on Thursday. IBEDC disconnected the facility on March 19, the third time in less than two months, over […]

The outage occurred just before 1 p.m., and maintenance teams are reportedly en route, with an expected arrival time of 3:35 p.m.