For the second time in 2025, Nigeria’s national power grid has suffered a major collapse, leaving homes and businesses across Lagos State and other major cities in total blackout.
The latest grid failure occurred at exactly 11:34 AM on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, according to a statement released by the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC).
> “Dear Esteemed Customer, Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, 12th February 2025, at 11:34 hrs, affecting all our feeders. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders,” the company wrote.
The National Grid’s official X page also confirmed the collapse, describing it as a “GRID DISTURBANCE” that led to outages in various parts of the country.
A Crisis Worsening by the Month
This marks the 14th grid failure in the past 14 months, further compounding Nigeria’s long-standing energy crisis. Reports indicate that power generation plummeted from 2,111.01 megawatts to a staggering 390.20 megawatts, causing widespread disruption across industries, businesses, and residential areas.
Just a month ago, on January 11, 2025, the national grid experienced its first collapse of the year, triggering a nationwide blackout barely ten days into the new year. Prior to that, in November 2024, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported yet another grid collapse, citing a series of line and generator trippings that destabilized power distribution.
In response to this alarming trend, power sector stakeholders, including the TCN, have launched emergency interventions to restore supply, which resulted in restoration of the power in some areas. However, public confidence remains at an all-time low as Nigerians continue to grapple with unreliable electricity supply despite repeated assurances from authorities.
With businesses losing billions and households thrown into darkness, the urgent question remains—when will Nigeria finally resolve its persistent power crisis?
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