national grid

The Digest: The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd and joint venture partner Seplat Energy Plc have announced a scheduled four-day routine maintenance of gas production facilities from February 12 to 15, 2026. According to NNPC's Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Andy Odeh...

The Digest: The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has attributed Tuesday's national power outage to a voltage disturbance originating from the Gombe Transmission Substation. In a statement, NISO clarified that the incident was a partial system collapse, not a total grid failure, and...

The Digest: Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised President Bola Tinubu over repeated national grid failures, contrasting them with Tinubu’s 2022 pledge to deliver steady power within four years or not seek re-election. In a post on X, Obi highlighted two grid collapses in...

The Digest: The Nigerian government has announced the full restoration of the national electricity grid following a partial system collapse on Tuesday, the second such incident in less than a week. According to an update from the Nigeria Independent System Operator (NISO), the disturbance...

The Digest: Nigeria's national electricity grid collapsed for the second time in 2026, leading to a total loss of power supply across the country. Electricity generation plummeted to zero megawatts as of Tuesday morning, with all 23 connected power plants losing output and providing no...

The Digest: Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed on Friday, January 23, 2026, for the first time this year, causing a total blackout across the country. According to data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), power generation dropped to zero megawatts, and load allocation to...

The Digest: According to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), electricity generation on the national grid has dropped significantly to 3,200 megawatts (MW), down from over 4,300MW. The plunge is due to the PENGASSAN strike disrupting gas supplies to power plants, forcing NISO to...

The Digest: Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticized the Tinubu administration for presiding over more national grid collapses and power outages than any previous government, despite campaign promises to deliver constant electricity. Obi highlighted the stark contrast between...

The Digest: Nigeria’s national electricity grid suffered another total collapse on Wednesday, with power generation crashing from nearly 3,000 megawatts to just 1.5 MW between 11 am and 12 pm. The failure triggered a nationwide blackout, marking the latest in a series of infrastructural...