Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Friday, recording its first system failure of 2026 and triggering a nationwide blackout.
Data obtained from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) showed that electricity generation crashed to zero megawatts (MW) at the height of the incident.
NISO also confirmed that load allocation to all 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) dropped to zero MW as of 1 p.m. on Friday.
The affected DisCos include Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Abuja and Yola, all of which were left without power supply following the grid collapse.
