Just two days to the end of 2025, the Federal Government\u2019s recent assurance that electricity supply would be fully restored within \u201c24\u201342 hours\u201d has been dealt a significant blow, as the national electricity grid suffered yet another collapse on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The latest collapse has reignited public concern over\u00a0government assurances on power stability, with many Nigerians expressing frustration online and across social platforms over the recurring outages. Although the Federal Government had previously portrayed \u201cnotable improvements\u201d in grid performance, this latest failure \u2014 just days before year-end \u2014 underscores persistent systemic challenges.<\/p>\n
Coupled with incessant power failures in parts of Abuja and the country during the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations, Nigerians are wondering when government excuses will end.<\/p>\n
Analysts say the government must accelerate infrastructure investment, strengthen gas-to-power supply chains, and modernise transmission networks to reduce the frequency of such debilitating outages.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO)\u00a0confirmed in a statement that the\u00a0National Grid experienced a major system disturbance at 14:01 hours on Monday, 29 December 2025, resulting in a\u00a0partial collapse\u00a0that caused power generation and supply to plunge nationwide.<\/p>\n
According to grid data, total generation\u00a0fell sharply from earlier peaks to critically low levels, with some reports indicating drops from over 2,000 megawatts to below 140MW within an hour \u2014 effectively crippling electricity supply across most states and major cities.<\/p>\n
Data from Nigeria\u2019s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) showed the severity of the outage as\u00a0only a handful of operators received power\u00a0at the height of the collapse. For example, the Ibadan and Abuja DisCos recorded minimal allocations of about\u00a030MW and 20MW respectively, while many others such as Eko, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and Yola recorded\u00a0zero megawatts, leaving millions of homes, businesses and services in darkness.<\/p>\n
The blackout was one of the most widespread in recent times, compounding frustration among Nigerians already grappling with frequent power disruptions.<\/p>\n
NISO noted that the grid disturbance came against the backdrop of ongoing gas supply constraints following the\u00a0vandalisation of the Lagos\u2013Escravos\u2013Lagos gas pipeline on 10 December 2025, an incident that had already throttled fuel supply to several thermal power plants and weakened the grid\u2019s resilience.<\/p>\n
Experts and sector operators have repeatedly highlighted the\u00a0fragility of the national grid, pointing to ageing transmission infrastructure, insufficient generation capacity and challenges in gas supply as underlying causes of recurrent collapses.\u00a0Nairametrics<\/p>\n
Despite the disruption, the\u00a0Delta power generation complex successfully operated in \u201cisland mode\u201d, isolating itself from the broader grid and enabling continued supply to parts of Delta and Edo states \u2014 including Oghara, Amukpe, Benin and Efunrun substations \u2014 with\u00a0114MW produced from four units at the Delta Thermal Power Station.<\/p>\n
In response to the collapse, NISO said it activated emergency restoration procedures from its\u00a0National Control Centre in Osogbo, deploying dispatch and monitoring tools to stabilise the system.<\/p>\n
Late Monday and into the night,\u00a0power supply was progressively restored nationwide\u00a0and system stability was normalised, NISO confirmed.<\/p>\n
NISO also stated that\u00a0investigations are ongoing\u00a0to determine the exact cause and sequence of events that triggered the disturbance, with plans to implement\u00a0measures aimed at preventing future recurrences. The operator reiterated its commitment to proactive grid management and best operational practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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