Nigerians were thrown into darkness on Monday afternoon due to yet another failure of the national electricity grid, leading to power supply across most areas of the country plummeting to nearly nothing.
Electricity distribution statistics released at 3:12 p.m. on December 29, 2025, indicated that power supply to the nation’s distribution companies dropped sharply, signaling a widespread system breakdown.
Data from the Distribution Companies (DisCos) showed that only two operators received power at the moment of the collapse. The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company managed to record a load of 30 megawatts (MW), while the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company reported receiving 20 MW.
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All other DisCos reported allocations of zero megawatts. The Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Yola electricity distribution companies all logged 0 MW, indicating a nationwide outage impacting major cities and regions.
In total, the electricity distributed across the country was merely 50 MW, which is significantly below normal operating levels and grossly inadequate to maintain power supply to households, businesses, and essential services throughout the nation.
This latest occurrence contributes to a series of grid failures noted in recent years, which have frequently resulted in national blackouts and lengthy attempts to restore power supply. The continual breakdowns have heightened concerns regarding
