National grid collapses second time in two days

As Nigerians await full power restoration, the national grid has collapsed once again.

PUNCH Online reports that the national grid collapsed on Tuesday, marking the 10th such incident since January 2024.

Our correspondent confirmed that, as of 11 am on Thursday, the 22 power plants were only able to generate 2,323 megawatts of electricity, with generation dropping to 0.00MW.

The peak generation for the day was 3,743MW as of 10 am.