Grid Collapse Plunges Nigeria Into Darkness

The Nigerian electricity grid, yesterday, recorded a system collapse, plunging some parts of the country into outage.
The system collapse, which is the first in 2020, occurred around mid-day, yesterday.
A statement by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), conveying the ugly development reads, “There was system disturbance which occurred at about 12.34pm this afternoon, affecting some parts of the country.
“As at 1:10pm, supply was restored to Abuja and most parts of the affected areas.TCN is still working to completely restore and stabilise the nation’s grid.”
Ikeja Electric (IE) which also confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on its Twitter account, said another collapse of the grid occurred at 2.15p.m after the previous incident.
It said, “Dear customers, the outage you are experiencing is due to a system collapse of the grid which occurred this afternoon at 12:36 p.m. All parts of IE’s network are affected.
“Another system collapse was recorded at 2.15p.m today. Restoration efforts are ongoing. Kindly bear with us,” the electricity distribution company added.