Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed completely on Friday, triggering widespread blackouts across parts of the country in the first system failure recorded in 2026.
Data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) showed that power generation dropped to zero megawatts, while electricity supply to all 11 distribution companies was fully cut off by 1 p.m.
The affected distribution companies include Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Abuja and Yola, all of which recorded zero load allocation at the time of the collapse.
The incident comes months after a series of grid failures recorded in 2025, with the most recent occurring on December 29.
Despite ongoing efforts by the Federal Government to strengthen and expand the country’s power infrastructure, repeated system collapses have continued to disrupt electricity supply nationwide.
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