National Grid Commences Electricity Restoration After Collapse | Citizen NewsNG
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The Nigerian national electricity grid has commenced restoration following an initial collapse that plunged the country into darkness.
The development was confirmed by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko DisCo), which announced that it had begun restoring supply to its feeders.
“We are pleased to inform you that power restoration from the grid has resumed,” the company wrote on X.
“Our feeders are being progressively restored as grid supply normalises,” it added.
Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that Nigerians across the country were thrown into another round of total blackout after the national grid suffered a near-total collapse on Friday, with power generation dropping to as low as 20 megawatts.
Following the collapse, electricity load allocation to the 11 distribution companies (DisCos) nationwide fell sharply to 20MW as of Friday afternoon.
According to power load allocation details released by the Nigerian National Grid on its verified X (formerly Twitter) account at 1:20 p.m. on Friday, only the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company recorded any allocation at all.
The data showed that Ibadan DisCo received 20MW, while Abuja DisCo, Benin DisCo, Eko DisCo, Enugu DisCo, Ikeja DisCo, Jos DisCo, Kaduna DisCo, Kano DisCo, Port Harcourt DisCo, and Yola DisCo all recorded 0MW.
The latest collapse occurred barely three weeks after the already fragile electricity system slipped into emergency mode on December 29, 2025, when the national grid failed and left most distribution companies without power supply.
During that incident, total electricity generation plunged dramatically within one hour, falling from 2,052.37 megawatts to just 139.92 megawatts between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., signalling a major system disturbance.
The sharp decline immediately resulted in uneven power allocation across the country. Out of the 11 electricity distribution companies, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) reported that only three were able to take any load at the time, with total allocation standing at just 120MW nationwide.
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) received the largest share at 80MW, while Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Benin DisCo each took 20MW. All other distribution companies were unable to load power from the grid.
The repeated failures highlight a troubling pattern. On September 10, 2025, SaharaReporters reported that the national grid collapsed again, plunging the country into darkness.
Similarly, in March 2025, the national power grid suffered another major collapse that affected several parts of the country, including Lagos. The incident occurred just days after the Federal Government celebrated what it described as a “historic rise” in power generation to 6,000MW.
However, that celebration was short-lived, as a sudden grid disturbance caused power generation to plummet below 1,000MW, down from approximately 4000MW recorded earlier before the incident.
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