The national grid has collapsed for the second time in 72 hours, leaving Nigerians in total blackout.
Data obtained from the Nigerian system operator’s portal showed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as of Thursday.
The generation power dropped from 3,743MW at 10am to 2,709MW at 11am.
As of noon, the grid only recorded 3.70MW and 4.10MW at 1pm.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is yet to confirm the incident at the time of the report.
However, on its social media platform, Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) said it is experiencing a system outage affecting its supply.
“Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 07 November, 2024 at 11:29Hrs affecting supply within our network,” IKEDC said.
“Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.Kindly bear with us.”
