
Nigeria’s national power grid has recorded its first major collapse for the first time in 2025 barely ten days into the new year.
The collapse has resulted in a nationwide blackout to the despair of Nigerians.
This incident marks the 13th occurrence in the past 13 months.
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Checks by our correspondent showed that power generation dropped from 2111.01 megawatts as of 2 pm to 390.20 MW by 3 pm.
A post by The Energy podcast confirmed the blackout stating, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”
Another post said, “Restoration has begun… Currently generating 302MW as of 02:40 pm.”