Nigeria’s national electricity grid has suffered another collapse, leading to widespread power outages across several parts of the country, although gradual restoration is currently underway, according to updates from electricity distribution companies.
As of 3:12 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2025, electricity supply to consumers nationwide had dropped to extremely low levels, with only Ibadan and Abuja distribution companies receiving minimal load, while others recorded zero allocation.
Data shared via the Nigeria National Grid platform showed the following load distribution at the time:
Ibadan DisCo– 30MW
Abuja DisCo– 20MW
Benin DisCo – 0MW
Eko DisCo – 0MW
Enugu DisCo – 0MW
Ikeja DisCo – 0MW
Jos DisCo – 0MW
Kaduna DisCo– 0MW
Kano DisCo– 0MW
Several distribution companies subsequently confirmed the system disturbance.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company said the outage followed a national grid failure recorded at 2:02 p.m.
“We wish to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 14:02 pm today, causing power outage across our franchise areas,” the company stated.
It added that efforts were ongoing to restore supply. “Please be assured that we are coordinating closely with relevant stakeholders to restore power fully as soon as the grid is stabilised.”
Meanwhile, Eko Electricity Distribution Company informed its customers that grid restoration had commenced.
“The national grid has been restored and restoration of power supply to our feeders is progressing gradually,” the company said in a message to customers.
As of the time of filing this report, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
The latest collapse adds to a growing list of grid failures recorded in 2025, despite repeated assurances by the Federal Government aimed at strengthening the country’s power infrastructure.
In August, the government disclosed plans to secure a $238 million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to expand Nigeria’s electricity transmission network. The funding proposal was supported by the Federal Executive Council’s approval of ₦19 billion in counterpart funding.
The planned expansion includes the construction of 102.95km of 330kV double-circuit transmission lines, 104.59km of 132kV double-circuit lines, multiple new substations, and several line bay extensions aimed at improving grid stability nationwide.
