Caption :Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu
Nigerians have been thrown into darkness as the national grid experienced a collapse this Saturday afternoon, January 11, 2025, marking the first time in the year.
A BusinessDay report quotes data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), as indicating that the collapse occurred at 1:56 p.m.
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“This incident follows a pattern of instability, with the grid suffering about 12 consecutive collapses in 2024,” the report says.
It adds that the cause of the latest failure is yet to be disclosed.
