National Grid
JUST IN: National grid collapses second time in two days
As Nigerians await full power restoration, the national grid has collapsed once again. It was reported that the national grid collapsed on Tuesday, marking the 10th such incident since January 2024. Our correspondent confirmed that, as of 11 am on Thursday, the 22 power plants were only able to generate 2,323 megawatts of electricity, with […]
FG overhauling national grid to improve power supply – Minister
The federal government says it is overhauling the national grid to reduce the frequent disturbances and improve power supply across the country. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a media briefing. Mr Adelabu said the national grid was over 50 years old and had weak, obsolete, and dilapidated […]
Why National Grid collapsed on Saturday – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has attributed Saturday’s national grid collapse to an explosion at the Jebba transmission station. The incident, which occurred at 08:15 AM, was triggered by the explosion of a current transformer, leading to a cascade of power plant shutdowns due to loss of load. In a statement, NERC expressed concern […]
Nationwide power grid collapse plunges Nigerians into darkness again
Millions of Nigerians were plunged into darkness on Monday night after the national electricity infrastructure suffered system failure across the country. Electricity distributors said they did not receive energy from the Transmission Company of Nigeria starting at about 7:00 p.m., as millions returned home after a long day at work. Abuja Electricity said the failure […]
National Grid Fully Restored, Says TCN
The national grid has been restored hours after it collapsed and plunged some parts of the country into darkness, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announces the full restoration of the national grid following a fire incident at the Afam Power Generating Station, which caused a partial disturbance […]
JUST-IN: TCN Restores National Grid After ‘System Disturbance’
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it successfully restored the national grid following a ‘system disturbance’ that occurred at about 4:28pm on Thursday, March 28, 2024, with full recovery achieved by 10:00pm that same day. It cited a report from the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, Osun State, saying the system disturbance […]
Nigerians Thrown Into Darkness As National Grid Collapses Again
Nigerians across the country have again been thrown into darkness as the national power grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) recorded its first collapse in 2024. Following the national power grid collapse on Sunday morning, the system’s capacity dropped from 2,407 megawatts to just 31MW by midday and to zero by 1 […]
National grid collapses third time in 2023, power generation crashes to 43.5MW
Nigeria witnessed another collapse of its national grid on Monday, leading to a crash in power generation from 4,032.8 megawatts around 1pm to 43.5MW at about 2pm the same day. Power generation figures obtained from the Transmission Company of Nigeria showed that electricity on the system moved up to 115.4MW around 3pm, before rising further […]