The Nigerian national grid has experienced another system collapse, throwing many citizens into darkness.
This is about the first time the grid will collapse in 2025 after it experienced a line tripping in January, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
On Wednesday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the development on the official X account.
“Dear Valued Customer, We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today causing a power outage across our franchise areas.
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better,” the post reads.
Chronicle NG reports that there was a trip-off and the power went off before noon on Wednesday.
However, sources in some power generation companies confirmed that there was a general grid disturbance on Wednesday morning.
Most power plants on the grid lost generation when the incident occurred.
At 11:00 am, hourly power generation was 4064 megawatts but this dropped to 1,203MW at 12 pm and 0.00MW at 1:00 pm.
In 2024, the grid collapsed 12 times.
The TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, has yet to address the public on today’s national grid collapse.
