Again! National Grid Collapse Causes Power Outrage

For the first time in 2025, Nigeria’s national grid experienced a significant failure, following almost ten failures in the year prior.

On Saturday, January 11, 2025, the collapse occurred, sending many Nigerians into a statewide blackout.

According to checks, power generation decreased from 2111.01 megawatts at 2:00 pm to 390.20 MW at 3:00 pm.

In a post, the Energy podcast acknowledged the blackout with the headline, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”

As stated in another post, “Restoration has begun. As of 02:40 pm, 302MW being generated.

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