Blackout in Lagos and other states as national grid collapses again

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In this photo taken on Monday Feb. 20, 2017, vegetable vendors ply their wares by the light of locally-made lanterns in Lagos, Nigeria. In Nigeria, for the cost of powering a small generator for two hours, Dutch company Lumos offer enough solar power to light a house, cool a room with a fan and charge cell phones for about eight hours. For a country without a secure supply of electricity where people are dependent on candles, batteries, kerosene and fuel for generators, Lumos was surprised they spend more on power than solar options. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Blackout in Lagos and other states as national grid collapses again

Reports reaching TSB NEWS indicate the national grid has collapsed leading to widespread blackout across the country.

Although the cause of the grid collapse appears unknown, reports from several handles of electricity distribution companies suggest there is grid collapse.

Ikeja Electric assured that power supply will be restored as soon as supply is also restored to the national grid.

The notice from Ikeja Electric reads,

‘’The current supply interruption is as a result of total collapse of the national grid today which has led to outage across all Ikeja Electric network.

‘’Please be assured that your supply will be restored as soon as supply is restored to the national grid. Apologies for the inconveniences we must have caused you.’’

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) also informed its customers of a collapse of the grid.

“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC)wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred at 10:51 am today, 26th September 2022.

This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.

Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”

The national power grid has collapsed more than six times this year prior to the current incident.