RismadarVoice Reporters
January 23, 2026
Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed again on Friday, triggering widespread electricity outages across several parts of the country, disrupting supply to millions of households and businesses.
Checks by our correspondent revealed that electricity generation plunged from over 4,500 megawatts to as low as 24 megawatts as of 1:30p.m., following the collapse.
All 23 power generation plants connected to the national grid reportedly lost output during the incident, resulting in zero power allocation to each of the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) nationwide.
As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the grid collapse remained unclear, while officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) were yet to issue a detailed statement on the incident.
This marks the first grid collapse in 2026, coming barely weeks after a similar incident on December 29, 2025, which also led to widespread power outages across the country.
In recent years, grid failures have been attributed to a combination of technical faults, poor maintenance of transmission infrastructure, and fluctuations in generation capacity.
Power sector stakeholders have repeatedly called on the Federal Government, industry operators to implement robust contingency and system-stability measures to curb recurring collapses.
The latest incident has once again heightened public concern over the fragility of Nigeria’s electricity infrastructure, its capacity to meet the nation’s growing demand for reliable power supply.
