Nigeria has once again been thrown into darkness following another collapse of the national electricity grid on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. This marks the 12th grid failure this year, exacerbating the long-standing issues within the nation’s power sector. The national grid’s official account on X (formerly Twitter) confirmed the incident, reporting that the collapse occurred […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has attributed Thursday’s national grid collapse to ongoing maintenance and repair activities in the power sector. TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, outlined this in a recent statement. Mbah explained that the grid experienced an incident at approximately 11:29 am on Thursday due to a sudden spike in frequency from 50.33Hz […]