Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 2nd Time Within A week

<h4>Nigeria In Darkness As National Grid Collapses 2nd Time Within A week<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nigeria’s national electricity grid suffered its second total collapse of 2026 on Tuesday morning&comma; January 27&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is happening just four days after the previous failure on January 23&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The collapse occurred around 10&colon;54 a&period;m&period; to 11&colon;00 a&period;m&period; on Tuesday&comma; January 27&comma; 2026&comma; dropping generation to 39 MW from 3&comma;825 MW&comma; then to 0 MW&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Power generation dropped to almost zero megawatts&comma; causing a nationwide blackout as all 11 Distribution Companies &lpar;DisCos&rpar; lost supply&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meantime&comma; no official statement was immediately released by the Transmission Company of Nigeria &lpar;TCN&rpar;&comma; reports indicated a system-wide disturbance&comma; including the simultaneous tripping of multiple 330kV transmission lines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All 11 DisCos&comma; including Abuja&comma; Eko&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Ikeja&comma;<&sol;a> and Kano&comma; reported 0&period;00 MW load allocation&comma; confirming total failure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;32326" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-32326" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-32326" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;01&sol;Untitled-1-81-1-1-300x169&period;png" alt&equals;"Nigeria In Darkeness As National Grid Collapses 2nd Time Within A week " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-32326" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><strong>Adelabu&comma; Minister of Power<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; available information says restoration efforts are currently underway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An insider&comma; who is not authorized to speak publicly on electricity issue said in confidence to OpenLife that <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The persistent failures are attributed to a combination of aging infrastructure&comma; poor maintenance&comma; and a lack of spinning reserves&comma; causing significant economic disruption across the country&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30326" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30326" style&equals;"width&colon; 213px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-30326" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-15-at-01&period;41&period;19&lowbar;46482282-e1760433592711-213x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nigeria In Darkeness As National Grid Collapses 2nd Time Within A week " width&equals;"213" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30326" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;