National grid collapses again, power generation drops heavily

Nigeria’s National Power Grid collapsed once again, leaving parts of the country in total darkness and disrupting electricity supply to millions of households and businesses. Punch reports that electricity generation dropped sharply from over 4,500 megawatts to as low as 24 megawatts as of 1:30 pm. All 23 power generation plants connected to the grid […]

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Blackout as Nigeria’s national grid collapses

Nigeria’s national grid suffered a collapse on Wednesday. The collapse was confirmed in a public notice dated September 10, 2025, by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in a post on its X handle on Wednesday. Power outage currently experienced was due to a loss of supply from the national grid, according to AEDC. The […]

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In just two days, national grid collapses the second time

While Nigerians await full power restoration, the national grid has collapsed once again on Tuesday, marking the 10th such incident since January this year. Punch reported that, as of 11 am on Thursday, the 22 power plants were only able to generate 2,323 megawatts of electricity, with generation dropping to 0.00MW. The peak generation for […]

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National grid shut down, aviation disrupted, businesses paralyze as ASUU, TCN, banks, others join NLC nationwide strike

Several unions in Nigeria have shut their workplaces to comply with the directive of the two labour unions, Nigeria Labour Union (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the Labour union has shut down the national grid, resulting in […]

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Nigeria’s National grid collapses for the second time in one month

Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again early Monday morning, April 15, plunging Nigerians into darkness. This is the second collapse in less than a month after it collapsed on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Data supplied by the National System Operator, a semi-autonomous unit in the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that the grid collapsed around […]

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Nigerian govt disconnects Discos from National Grid

Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) from the national grid over debt. This came after notices of disconnection from the grid served on some of the Discos by the Market Operator. Punch reported that the MO, a division of the Transmission Company of […]

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