Nigeria’s Power Grid Collapses Again, First Major Blackout Of 2026

Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed again, throwing many parts of the country into darkness and cutting off power supply to millions of households and businesses.

Checks revealed that electricity generation plunged dramatically from more than 4,500 megawatts to just about 24 megawatts as of 1:30 pm.

All 23 power generation plants connected to the grid reportedly shut down during the incident, resulting in zero electricity allocation to the 11 distribution companies nationwide.

As of the time of reporting, the cause of the collapse had not been confirmed, and the Transmission Company of Nigeria was yet to issue an official statement explaining the incident.

The outage is the first recorded grid collapse in 2026 and comes only weeks after a similar nationwide blackout on December 29, 2025, which also disrupted electricity supply across the country.