Total Blackout as National Grid Collapses Again

Nigeria’s weak electricity grid collapsed again on Saturday morning throwing the country into a nationwide blackout.

The grid had suffered two collapses between Monday and Tuesday, similarly throwing Nigerian homes and businesses into blackout.

The latest system collapse occured at 8:40am Saturday, resulting in power supply across the grid dropping to zero megawatts (MW) with no electricity transmitter to distribution companies (Discos).

However, the situation report indicated that the grid recorded a partial recovery by 9am Saturday, supplying 140MW to the Discos.

So far, Benin Disco has received 50MW, Ibadan Disco 60 MW, and Ikeja Disco 30 MW, while Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt Discos remained without supply at that time of filing in this report.