•Joseph Tegbe The Minister-designate for Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, has denied reports claiming he promised to fix Nigeria’s power grid within three months. Tegbe, through his spokesperson, Adeola Adelabu, described the reports as a misrepresentation of remarks he made during his Senate screening on May 6, 2026. In a statement posted on ...
•Nigerian workers Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have alleged a plan by some officials operating a cabal within the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to spend nearly N20 billion for grid expansion. The NLC alleged that the plan to spend nearly N20 billion from TCN coffers under the guise […]...
•Tinubu and Peter Obi Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over the Tinubu-led federal government’s handling of the country’s power sector. In a post on his X handle yesterday, Obi said the National Grid continues to perform poorly under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, despite p...
•Electricity installations Yesterday’s national grid collapse was traced to a voltage disturbance at the Gombe transmission substation, according to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). A statement issued by the System Operator yesterday, while providing updates on repair and restoration efforts, stressed that the incident did not ...
The National grid today recorded its second collapse in 2026. As of the time of filing this report, data showed zero megawatts of power supply to the 11 electricity distribution companies. The grid had recorded its first collapse in the year last Friday, barely weeks after a similar incident on December 29, 2025, which had […]
•Electricity Electricity supply has been restored to parts of the country following Nigeria’s first national grid collapse of 2026, as system operators commenced recovery efforts hours after a total outage was recorded yesterday. In an update on the incident, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) said the grid experienced a system-wi...
•National grid Nigeria’s fragile electricity system suffered another major collapse yesterday after real-time grid data showed power generation plunging to 231.50 megawatts (MW), triggering widespread blackouts and leaving most electricity distribution companies (DisCos) without supply. Data from the National Grid Performance Dashboard (NGPD) ...
•Blackout The national grid suffered another collapse today. This was confirmed in a public notice dated September 10, 2025, by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company in a post on its X handle today. According to AEDC, the power outage currently experienced was due to a loss of supply from the national grid. The post reads, […]
•Power transmission line Nigeria’s power sector faces a deepening financial crisis that could push the federal government’s liabilities to about N6.2 trillion by the end of 2025, amid the rapid exit of premium customers from the national grid. The government is already struggling with a N4 trillion legacy debt to generation companies (GenCos),...
The federal government is developing investment framework to channel private funding into the expansion and stabilization of the national grid, as part of efforts to ensure stable and adequate electricity supply. Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in an exclusive interview yesterday, said that the government has started developing terms...
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