National Grid Collapse: Nigeria Faces Another Widespread Blackout

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 […]

Repair Activities Behind Thursday’s Grid Collapse — TCN

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 […]

National grid collapse: TCN blames line tripping, says will be restore

According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), a partial disruption resulted from grid instability brought on by a string of lines and generator trippings. Ndidi Mbah, TCN general manager (GM), public relations, said in a statement on Tuesday that the partial disruption occurred at approximately 1:52 p.m. Ndidi added that although restoration is still […]