JUST-IN: TCN Restores Electricity After 3rd Grid Collapse

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored power after the national grid collapsed Saturday morning.

LEADERSHIP reports that the system failure happened at about 8.15am. The latest was the third collapse in just five days and the 8th collapse in the last nine months in 2024.

At the time of the system failure, power supply across the grid dropped to zero megawatts (MW), disrupting distribution to all electricity distribution companies (DisCos).

The statistics from TCN revealed further that by 9:00am, the grid recorded a partial recovery, supplying 140MW and distributed to Benin Disco (50 MW), Ibadan Disco (60 MW), and Ikeja Disco (30 MW).

Other DisCos, including Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt, remained without power supply.

However, spokesperson of Kano DisCo, Sani Baba Sani, told our Correspondent at about 4pm on Saturday, power had been restored. Further efforts to restore the grid saw power generation increase to 220MW by 10:40am.

Recall that similar incidents on Monday, October 14, at 6:48pm, and Tuesday, October 15, around 10:00am, threw the nation into total darkness.

The repeated failures have raised concerns about the stability of the national grid and the capacity to sustain consistent power supply to consumers.

TCN was yet to release an official statement on the cause of these recent disruptions.

Spokesperson of Ikeja Electric, Kingsley Okotie, also confirmed the power disruption due to the collapse, but said power had been restored.

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, recently attributed the development to obsolete infrastructure and that government was planning to provide alternative grid across regions.