Nigeria’s national grid collapses

The national grid has collapsed again.

The megawatt (MW) generated dropped from 2,917.83 (MW) to 1.5 (MW) between 11 am and 12 pm on Wednesday.

Shortly after the collapse, the Nigeria National Grid, an X handle that provides updates on Electric power distribution, announced that “System restoration is in progress.”Debt management solutions

In another tweet, the X account stated that the Disco loads of all power distribution companies across the country aside from Ibadan DisCo have come down to zero megawatt.

DisCo Load | 10th September, 2025 | 11:54 AM

Abuja DisCo -    0 MW

Benin DisCo -    0 MW

Eko DisCo -     0 MW

Enugu DisCo -    0 MW

Ibadan DisCo -   20 MW

Ikeja DisCo -    0 MW

Jos DisCo -     0 MW

Kaduna DisCo -   0 MW

Kano DisCo -    0 MW

PHarcourt DisCo -  0 MW…

— Nigeria National Grid (@NationalGridNg) September 10, 2025Debt management solutions

“Disco load” is the amount of power (in megawatts, MW) allocated from the national grid to each Electricity Distribution Company (DisCo).

Confirming the development in a statement, the Abuja DisCo assured its customers that efforts are ongoing to stabilise the grid and restore power.

The statement read, “Dear Valued Customers, Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at 11:23 hrs today, affecting electricity supply across our franchise areas.

“Rest assured, we are working closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure power is restored once the grid is stabilized. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”