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NISO blames tripping of 330kV lines for first national grid collapse of 2026

  The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has attributed Friday’s national grid collapse to a system-wide disturbance caused by the tripping of multiple 330kV transmission lines and the disconnection of some power-generating units. Data from NISO showed that load allocation to all 11 electricity distribution companies dropped to zero megawatts (MW) at about 1 pm, […]

Blackout as national grid collapses again

Nigeria have once again been plunged into darkness following another collapse of the national grid. An update via the official X handle of Nigeria’s National Grid revealed that the system failure occurred at about 11:54 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. According to the post, only IbadanDisco had 20MW, while the other Discos were on […]

TCN confirms total power system collapse

Angry youths shut down Afampower station in Rivers

Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the national grid experienced a total system collapse on Wednesday resulting in blackout in some parts of the country. The TCN made the confirmation in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Mbah said: […]

National grid collapse, cause of outage — Eko Disco

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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has attributed the current power outage on its network to what it called system collapse of the National Grid. The General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, Mr Godwin Idemudia, said on Monday that the outage which occurred about 2.27 p.m. on Sunday affected Ajah, Akangba and Agbara transmission […]

TCN’s Fibre Optic Saga: Alheri, Phase 3 owe FG N27.18bn in 11 years

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…Fashola writes Buhari, seeks EFCC, others probe of Phase 3, Alheri (Dangote subsidiary) …Raises conflicts of interest by Makoju, Diko with Dangote, Jegede, Ex- Minister Cornelius Adebayo’s son-in- law The Federal Government’s ongoing war against corruption and sleaze may be a Herculean task to accomplish, following a startling revelation that two indigenous Nigerian firms, Phase […]

FG to provide renewable energy for rural communities

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the Federal Government would provide renewable source of power to at least one million households in rural communities not connected to the national grid. He made this revelation at the Nigerian Renewable Energy Roundatable organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Nigerian Economic […]

Fire completely destroys TCN’s equipment

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that fire incident at the Afam V power station. The fire its said completely destroyed TCNs protection and control equipment in its relay and control room. The incident which happened on Jan. 18, has constrained the evacuation of guaranteed 450MW generation by the station . The General […]