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National Grid Failure Triggers Widespread Outages, Repairs Ongoing

29 December 2025

The Nigerian National Grid has collapsed again, causing a nationwide blackout. This is contained in a series of posts shared on X, noting that the power grid suffered a total breakdown affecting several electricity distribution companies (DisCos) across the country. Statistics attached to the post revealed that about nine DisCos had their power allocation dropped […]

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Nigeria Secures $238m JICA Loan to Boost Power Grid

23 August 2025

This follows key discussions between Nigerian delegations, led by President Bola Tinubu and attended by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and others with Japanese stakeholders, during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan. The Nigerian delegation engaged with major energy firms, including Toshiba, Hitachi, and Japan’s Transmission & Distribution […]

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Blackout as national grid suffers ‘system outage’

7 March 2025

The national grid experienced a system disturbance today, putting some parts of the country into darkness. This is coming at a time when the Federal Government is celebrating what it called the historic rise in power generation to 6,000MW. Report has it that power generation suddenly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 pm from about 4,000MW […]

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