Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in 2026, plunging the country into another round of widespread power outages.
Data obtained on Tuesday showed that power generation dropped from over 4,500 megawatts to zero, leaving all 11 electricity distribution companies without any allocation as of about 11:00 a.m.
This latest incident comes barely days after the grid’s first collapse this year and weeks after a similar failure recorded on December 29, 2025, raising renewed concerns over the stability of the nation’s power infrastructure.
Checks revealed that all 23 power generation plants connected to the national grid reportedly lost output during the incident, resulting in a total shutdown of electricity supply across the country.
While the exact cause of the collapse has yet to be established, experts have attributed repeated grid failures to technical faults, poor maintenance of transmission infrastructure, and fluctuations in generation capacity.
As of the time of filing this report, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had not issued an official statement explaining the cause of the latest collapse or the timeline for full restoration of supply.
