Nigeria suffers first power grid collapse in 2025

Nigeria’s power grid collapsed on Saturday for the first time this year, plunging parts of the country into total blackout.

The latest national grid collapse occurred around 1:56pm, Markets Reporters learnt.

“The current outage is as a result of a system collapse of the national grid,” Ikeja Electric, one of the two distribution companies in Lagos, said in a message to customers. “The power system stakeholders are working to restore supply as soon as possible. Please bear with us.”

Africa’s most populous nation saw its power grid collapse 12 times last year, even as it missed a generation target of 6,000 megawatts in December.

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