National grid collapses again — second time in 24 hours

The national electricity grid collapsed on Tuesday for the seventh time, leading to a nationwide blackout.

Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) announced the shutdown in separate statements on Tuesday.

The development comes within 24 hours after the grid collapsed on October 14.

Ikeja Electric said the national grid collapsed at about 9:17 am, affecting power supply within its franchise.

“Please be informed that we experienced another system outage today 15/10/24 @ 09:17hrs affecting supply within our network,” the firm said.

The DisCo said it is collaborating with critical stakeholders to restore power supply.

On its part, Eko DisCo also assured customers of collaborating with its partners to fix the issue.

“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 09:17hrs which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network,” the DisCo said.

“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored.”

The national electricity grid has collapsed about seven times in 2024. The first time was on February 4.

The grid experienced another shutdown on March 28, April 15, July 6, and August 5.

On May 1, the TCN said the number of system collapses had reduced significantly in the country.

According to Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, the grid disturbances declined by 76.47 percent in five years.