Nigeria’s Electricity Woes Grow as National Grid Records Second Collapse in 2026

Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed for the second time in 2026, leading to a total loss of power supply across the country. Electricity generation plummeted to zero megawatts as of Tuesday morning, with all 23 connected power plants losing output and providing no allocation to the 11 distribution companies.

This follows a similar collapse last Friday and another in late December 2025. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has not yet issued a detailed statement on the immediate cause of the latest system failure.

Key Points:

The repeated collapse underscores the severe fragility and systemic vulnerability of Nigeria’s national power infrastructure.
It causes nationwide economic disruption, halting businesses, compromising security, and affecting daily life for millions of citizens.
The incident highlights chronic issues of inadequate maintenance, technical faults, and instability in generation capacity that plague the grid.
The frequency of the failures, three major collapses within a month, signals a deepening crisis beyond isolated technical glitches.
The lack of an immediate official statement from grid managers fuels public frustration and erodes confidence in the system’s reliability.

The recurring grid failures represent a critical national emergency, demanding urgent and comprehensive systemic intervention to ensure basic power stability.

Sources: Channels Television