Prolonged Blackouts As National Grid Collapses For 3rd Time In 2025

The nationalist energy grid suffered its 3rd illness successful 2025 connected Wednesday, causing wide powerfulness outages crossed the country.

According to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), the grid nonaccomplishment occurred astatine astir 11:20 a.m., erstwhile a Generation Company (GenCo) tripped, triggering a cascade of failures among different GenCos and full strategy collapse.

This latest illness marked the 3rd large nonaccomplishment of Nigeria’s nationalist grid successful 2025, highlighting persistent challenges successful grid stability. Previous incidents include: February 12, 2025. The archetypal illness of the twelvemonth occurred astatine 11:34 a.m., causing wide outages affecting organisation companies similar Ikeja Electric (IKEDC) and Abuja Electric (AEDC).

This followed a signifier of predominant collapses successful 2024, with causes linked to outdated infrastructure and operational challenges.

On March 7, 2025 (approximately), a large grid illness occurred astir 2:00 p.m., causing powerfulness to plummet from astir 4000MW to beneath 1000MW, starring to important blackouts successful Lagos and different regions.

On September 10, 2025, the nationalist grid collapsed again successful the precocious morning, from 11:20 to 11:30 a.m., starring to wide powerfulness outages reported by AEDC, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, and others.

Data from NISO showed that powerfulness procreation plunged sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (MW) astatine 11:00 a.m. to conscionable 1.5 MW by 12:00 p.m., severely disrupting the energy supply.

Load allocation reports released astatine 1:10 p.m. showed that lone 4 organisation companies (DisCos) were receiving power: Abuja Disco (20 MW), Benin DisCo (10 MW), Enugu DisCo (40 MW), and Ibadan DisCo (50 MW), totalling conscionable 120 MW nationwide.

According to the NISO management, the disruption was caused by the tripping of a Generation Company (GenCo), which led to a important load drop. This archetypal nonaccomplishment subsequently cascaded to different GenCos, causing a wide strategy disturbance and the illness of the nationalist grid.

NISO confirmed that restoration efforts began promptly astatine 11:45 a.m., starting with the proviso to Abuja from the Shiroro powerfulness plant.

Since then, important advancement has been made successful restoring the energy proviso crossed the country.

The relation appealed for nationalist patience during this process.

“An in-depth probe into the contiguous and basal causes of the disturbance has been launched. The findings volition usher the improvement of remedial and preventive measures to forestall aboriginal grid collapses,” it said.

NISO absorption reiterated its committedness to resolving the disruption and maintaining grid stability.

LEADERSHIP checks showed that arsenic 7.44 p.m. connected Wednesday, load allocation to the assorted DisCos had risen to 1,583MW, breached down arsenic follows: Abuja DisCo, 243.00MW; Benin DisCo, 129.00MW; Eko DisCo, 204.00MW; Enugu DisCo, 123.00MW; Ibadan DisCo, 190.00MW; Ikeja DisCo, 239.00MW; Jos DisCo, 89.00MW; Kaduna DisCo, 102.00MW; Kano DisCo, 106.00MW; PHarcourt DisCo, 112.00MW, and Yola DisCo, 46.00MW

Earlier, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), had, a announcement to its customers, said the nonaccomplishment of energy successful its franchise country was owed to a nonaccomplishment of proviso from the grid astatine astir 11:23 am.

“Rest assured, we are moving intimately with the applicable stakeholders to guarantee powerfulness is restored erstwhile the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your patience and understanding,” the connection said.