The national power grid has recorded its first major collapse for the first time in 2025 barely ten days into the new year.
Edum News reports that, the collapse has resulted in a nationwide blackout to the despair of Nigerians.
The collapse which is the first in the year also marks the 13th occurrence in the past 13 months.
According to reports, the power generation dropped from 2111.01 megawatts as of 2 pm to 390.20 MW by 3 pm.
Also confirming this, a post by The Energy podcast confirmed the blackout stating, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”
Another post said, “Restoration has begun… Currently generating 302MW as of 02:40 pm.”
