The first blackout of 2025 has occurred as the National Grid suffered a major collapse today, Saturday, January 11. It was the first grid collapse in the year, but the 13th in 13 months. According to the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), the collapse occurred at 1:56pm. ‘We aren’t just a band of blind musicians;…
By Damilola Aina Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory will experience a long period of power outages starting next week on Monday. This is due to an announcement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company that there will be power disruptions in several parts of the capital. The company said the power outage will occur…
By Tunde Oyekola President-elect, Nigerian Academy of Science and Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Designs, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Abubakar Sambo, has said that the frequent collapses of the national grid can be abated by regionalisation of the grid. Sambo gave this insight on Thursday while delivering the 12th convocation lecture of Kwara…
