On December 29, 2025, the national electricity grid recorded a collapse, leaving power supply across most of the country at near zero levels, plunging homes and businesses into blackout.
Nigeria was again plunged into nationwide darkness yesterday following the collapse of the national electricity grid, the first such incident recorded in 2026, and the second in about the last three weeks.
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Monday afternoon, leaving power supply across most of the country at near zero levels, plunging homes and businesses into blackout ... Nigeria’s national ...
“But the most important part of this meeting is the fact that the company also has the potential of supplying 540 MW of power onto the national grid when fully completed,” Adelabu stated.
A representative survey of rural and peri-urban households found that the average grid-connected household receives just 6.6 hours of power a day ... For decades, the national grid was the only option.