A system disturbance in Nigeria’s national grid on Friday led to a major power outage, leaving several parts of the country, including Lagos, without electricity.
The blackout occurred as the Federal Government was celebrating what it described as a historic milestone in power generation, which recently peaked at 6,000 megawatts.
However, data shows that electricity supply dropped drastically to below 1,000MW by 2 p.m., a sharp decline from the 4,000MW recorded earlier in the day.
According to reports, the highest power generation for Friday was 5,284MW at 5 a.m., but by 4 p.m., supply had plummeted to 803MW, with many power plants yet to resume operations.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has not issued an official statement regarding the situation, and efforts to reach the company’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, were unsuccessful.
Electricity distribution companies in Lagos have acknowledged the outage and assured customers of efforts to restore supply.
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, in a public notice, statedz “Dear esteemed customer, please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, March 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., affecting supply within our network. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders. Kindly bear with us.”
Similarly, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse, saying:
“Dear valued customer, kindly be informed there was a system disruption on March 7, 2025, at 1:59 p.m., which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network. We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us.”
