The national grid experienced a system disturbance on Friday, plunging some parts of the country, especially Lagos, into darkness. This is coming at a time when the Federal Government is celebrating what it called the historic rise in power generation to 6,000MW. Our correspondent reports that power generation suddenly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 pm from about 4,000MW the hours …

Blackout as national grid collapses The national grid experienced another system collapse on Wednesday, throwing many Nigerians into darkness. The grid lost power generation a few minutes after 11 am. The spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah has yet to respond to a message sent to her by The PUNCH as she said she was at …

The Federal Government said yesterday that there was no end to frequent national grid collapses in the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe-led Senate Committee on Power to defend the 2025 budget, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said the national electricity grid remains vulnerable to frequent collapses, partly because the government is …

The Federal Government on Wednesday revealed plans to boost Nigeria’s electric power supply by 150MW before 2024 ends. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a business session at the State House during the state visit of the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to President Bola Tinubu. “So we believe that before the end of …

Nigerians were on Wednesday plunged into darkness following another collapse of the national power grid. It was reported that since January 2024 till date, the grid has collapsed 11 times before collapsing again on Wednesday. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times with its recurrent blackouts, sparking reactions from Nigerians. A tweet via the official handle of …

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said discussions are ongoing to transfer the management of the national grid to Independent System Operator in line with the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023 to engender more discipline in grid management. NERC also revealed that an explosion incident at the Jebba transmission station was the cause of …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that Saturday’s grid collapse was a result of a transformer explosion. For the third time in one week, the national grid collapsed again on Saturday with power generation going off around 8:16 am. NERC said it would shortly conduct an investigative public hearing to identify immediate and remote causes of recurring incidents …

Nigerians have been thrown into darkness once again following the collapse of the national power grid, marking the third such incident in just one week. The repeated power failures have intensified frustrations across the country, as businesses, homes, and critical infrastructure continue to feel the pinch of the nation’s unreliable electricity supply. The grid collapse occurred early Saturday morning, with …

The Federal Government, through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it would investigate the cause of the multiple power grid collapses that occurred on Monday and Tuesday. This was as the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu said there was nothing like a grid collapse but a trip-off. TCN said the national grid experienced what it called a partial …

The national grid collapsed on Monday, plunging millions of Nigerians into darkness. Electricity distribution companies across the country said the grid collapsed around 6:48 p.m., resulting in the loss of power supply across their networks. According to a statement on X by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), the national grid collapsed at 6:58 pm. AEDC said a system failure at …