Nigeria’s national electricity grid suffered a total collapse today, plunging parts of the country into blackout in the first such incident recorded in 2026.
The Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO, indicate that power generation fell to zero megawatts, while electricity supply to all 11 distribution companies dropped completely by about 1 p.m, including distribution firms in Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Abuja and Yola, all of which recorded zero load allocation at the time of the collapse.
Recall that this incident comes months after a series of grid failures in 2025, with the most recent occurring on December 29.
