Nigeria’s national power grid has collapsed again, plunging several parts of the country into darkness and disrupting electricity supply to homes and businesses nationwide.
Findings revealed that power generation dropped drastically from over 4,500 megawatts to as low as 24 megawatts at about 1:30 pm on Friday. The collapse affected all 23 power generation plants linked to the grid, leading to zero electricity allocation to the country’s 11 distribution companies.
As of the time of filing this report, the exact cause of the system failure had not been confirmed. Officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria were yet to release an official statement explaining the incident.
This development marks the first grid collapse recorded in 2026 and comes only weeks after a similar outage on December 29, 2025, which also resulted in widespread power disruptions across the country.
In recent years, repeated grid failures have been linked to technical challenges, poor maintenance of transmission infrastructure, and fluctuations in generation capacity. Power sector stakeholders have consistently urged the government and industry operators to strengthen contingency measures to curb recurring system failures.
The latest collapse has once again raised concerns about the reliability of Nigeria’s electricity infrastructure and its capacity to meet the country’s growing demand for stable power supply, as consumers await an official explanation from relevant authorities.
