The national electricity grid has collapsed again, causing widespread power outages across the country on Tuesday morning.
This is the second time it has happened this year. The first collapse occurred last Friday.
This latest collapse was confirmed by the Nigeria National Grid on X around 10:53 am.
The post read: “Grid Collapse.”
A follow-up tweet said, “Restoration is in progress!”
Data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), shows that electricity generation plunged to around 39 megawatts as of 11:00 a.m., while load allocation to all 11 distribution companies fell to zero megawatts, effectively cutting off power supply nationwide.
Preliminary operational reports suggest the earlier collapse was linked to a system-wide disturbance caused by the simultaneous tripping of several 330kV transmission lines and the disconnection of some generating units.
The affected distribution firms include Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Abuja and Yola.
