Nigeria’s national grid has recorded a major collapse for the first time in the year 2025 — after collapsing more than 10 times in the previous year.
The collapse, which has thrown many Nigerians into a nationwide blackout, happened on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
Checks showed that power generation dropped from 2111.01 megawatts as of 2 pm to 390.20 MW by 3 pm.
The Energy podcast, In a post, confirmed the blackout stating, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”
Another post said, “Restoration has begun… Currently generating 302MW as of 02:40 pm.”
