Twenty-four hours after Nigeria’s national grid collapsed, power generation has rebounded, reaching 4,410 megawatts (MW) as of Saturday evening, checks by Pinnacle Daily reveal. Pinnacle Daily reports that as of 5:00 pm on Saturday, January 24, power generation has recovered, reaching 4,410.54 megawatts (MW). According to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) GRID performance dashboard, …
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says 131 cases of infrastructure vandalism were recorded across its network from January to November 2025. TCN said despite this threat, it achieved a historic milestone in power transmission in 2025. In a review of the outgoing year, the company said it recorded an all-time peak electricity generation in …
Power generation companies (GenCos) in Nigeria have lost an estimated ₦987.92 billion in five years due to the persistent electricity crisis arising from frequent collapse of the national grid and poor distribution infrastructure. A recent report released by the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) explained that the figure represents the value of electricity that …
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has disclosed that the Federal Government is in discussion with the Export-Import Bank of China to secure a $2 billion loan to fund the development of a new national "super grid," which will stabilize energy supplies and encourage industrial growth across the country. Adelabu made this known at the …
Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has mocked President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), following another collapse of the national electricity grid that threw the country into darkness. Obi reminded Nigerians of Tinubu’s campaign promise that he should not be re-elected if he failed to …
By Esther Ososanya In a strategic push to stabilise Nigeria’s fragile power supply, the federal government has added 50.4 megawatts (MW) to the national grid with the commissioning of a high-capacity mobile substation in Eleyele, Oyo State. Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu, who led the commissioning on Thursday, said the substation was delivered through a partnership …
