The national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State has collapsed.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the national grid collapse has thrown Nigeria into darkness, with the grid plummeting to a meagre 273 megawatts of electricity.
This comes barely a week after TCN, rolled out the drum to celebrate a questionable 400 days of grid stability.
A number of Distribution Companies confirmed to The Guardian that the grid went down at 00:41 AM, disclosing that most of their feeders are out.
As of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, five generating plants were on the grid. Afam VI had 0.70MW, Dadinkowa was generating 0.00MW, Ibom Power had 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW and Olorunsogo was on the grid with zero generation.
According to The Guardian, at about 1 AM midnight, the total power on the grid was 35MW, indicating that the grid experienced a total collapse.
The grid went to 193MW at about 3 AM before dwindling to 273MW
The TCN has not responded to inquiries about the development.
Details shortly…