Nigeria Faces Power Outage After National Grid Collapse on January 11, 2025

Nigerians were plunged into darkness on Saturday, January 11, 2025, after the national power grid collapsed for the first time in the year. The incident occurred at 1:56 PM, according to data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org).

This latest collapse adds to a troubling trend of grid instability in the country, with the national grid having experienced approximately 12 consecutive collapses in 2024 alone.

As of now, the cause of the grid failure has not been disclosed, leaving citizens and businesses affected by the outage uncertain about the situation.