National grid collapse for the first time in 2025
Just ten days into the new year, Nigeria’s national power grid has suffered its first major collapse of 2025, leaving the country in a widespread blackout.
This marks the 13th grid failure in the last 13 months, adding to growing frustration among Nigerians over the persistent outages.
National power grid
According to The Punch, power generation plummeted dramatically from 2,111.01 megawatts at 2:00 pm to just 390.20 MW by 3:00 pm.
The Energy Podcast confirmed the incident in a post, stating, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.”
Shortly after, an update revealed that restoration efforts were underway, with 302 MW already restored by 2:40 pm.
Further details on the collapse and the progress of restoration efforts are expected soon.
