The National Power Grid collapsed on Friday, leaving parts of the country in darkness and disrupting electricity supply to millions of households and businesses.
Reports by our correspondent revealed 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 reportedly lost output during the collapse, resulting in zero power allocation to each of the 11 electricity distribution companies.
The cause of the collapse could not be immediately determined at the time of filing this report, as officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria had yet to issue a detailed statement at the time of filing this report.
This is the first grid collapse recorded in 2026, coming barely weeks after a similar incident on December 29, 2025, which had also caused national power outages across the country.
In recent years, grid collapses have been attributed to a combination of technical faults, inadequate maintenance of transmission lines, and fluctuations in generation capacity.
