Several parts in Nigeria have been plunged into darkness following another collapse of the national power grid on Wednesday. This marks the second grid failure of the year, adding to the country’s ongoing electricity challenges.
Data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) shows that the grid went down at approximately 11:30 a.m. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has yet to release an official statement explaining the cause of the outage.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), which supplies power to the Federal Capital Territory and surrounding states, confirmed the incident in a statement.
“We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 a.m. today (Wednesday), causing a power outage across our franchise areas.
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised,” AEDC said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
