The Nigerian national power grid has collapsed for the first time in 2025 barely ten days into the new year.
This situation has caused a nationwide blackout to major households and industries in the country.
The blackout is happening for the 13th time in the past 13 months.
Available information showed that power generation dropped from 2111.01 megawatts as of 2 pm to 390.20 MW by 3pm on Saturday.
A post by The Energy podcast confirmed the blackout stating, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”
Another post said, “Restoration has begun… Currently generating 302MW as of 02:40 pm.”
In a similar report in November 2024, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced on Tuesday that the national grid experienced a partial disturbance at about 1:52 pm (today).
This was made known in a statement issued by Ndidi Mbah, TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, in which the company explained that the disturbance was triggered by a series of line and generator trippings, which led to instability in the grid.
Mbah said the data from the National Control Centre (NCC) revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the bulk power disruption.
“TCN engineers are already working to quickly restore bulk power supply to the states affected by the partial disturbance. Presently, bulk power supply has been restored to Abuja, at 2.49pm, and we are gradually restoring to other parts of the country.
“We sincerely apologise for every inconvenience this may cause our electricity customers,” Mbah said.
