Tag: Blackouts

Fresh blackout, as National Grid collapses again

Aminu Imam
National Grid collapses

Nigeria’s national power grid has recorded its first major collapse for the first time in 2025, barely  a fortnight into the new year. The collapse has resulted in a nationwide blackout to the despair of Nigerians. This incident marks the 13th occurrence in the past 13 months. Checks by newsmen showed that power generation dropped from 2111.01 megawatts as of 2 pm to 390.20 MW by 3 pm.A post by ‘The Energy’ podcast confirmed the blackout, stating: “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025”. Another post said: “Restoration has…

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Electricity: Average Nigerian home gets only 7hrs supply daily Report

Aminu Imam
NBS on electricity

Says 85.2% of households still on estimated billing A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has revealed that the average Nigerian household gets less than seven hours (6.6 hours) per day of electricity. The NBS, which disclosed this in its report, titled: Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-side Survey Report 2024, published on its website,  85.2% of Nigerian households still rely on the estimated billing model for electricity tariffs. According to the report, only 14.8% of households use the prepaid billing system during the period under review. The survey,…

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