A widespread power outage swept across Nigeria on Friday, leaving several major cities in darkness.
The blackout was triggered by a partial system failure at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which has long struggled with maintenance issues.
Persecondnews recalls that the Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, had announced on Wednesday that power generation had hit an all-time record of 6001 MW, the highest in the last several years.
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (Ikeja Electric) announced a system outage at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
It announced: “Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 07/03/2025, at 14:00 hours, affecting supply within our network. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.”
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) also confirmed the development, stating, “The current power situation is as a result of reduced power allocation from our TCN partners aimed at maintaining grid stability. The situation has resulted in unavoidable load shedding across our network.”
The DisCos, however, assured customers that efforts are ongoing with the critical stakeholders to ensure that power supply is restored.
TCN spokesperson Ndidi Mbah, however, denied knowledge of a system collapse, stating that there was a power supply where she was.
“We have light here now. What’s wrong with these people now?” she said.
Informing her of one of the notices by one of the DisCos, she said, “Three hours ago? Please send it to me.”
Recently, Nigeria’s power sector has experienced challenges, and despite the federal government’s several attempts to address it headlong, it has continued to experience system collapse.
Persecondnews recalls that the latest blackout is the third in 2025, with the last happening on February 12.
In 2024, the country also suffered 12 incidents of system collapse and more than 100 times in the last 10 years.
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