[Breaking] Blackout worsens as national grid collapses again

The national grid has collapsed, plunging the country into darkness.

The system collapse, which occurred around 6:15pm on Monday, was confirmed by one of the distribution companies.

“The current outage is as a result of a system collapse of the National Grid,” Ikeja Electric said in a message to its customers. “The power system stakeholders are working to restore supply as soon as possible. Please bear with us.”