Darkness has hit Nigeria as the National grid recorded another collapse on Monday, ABN TV reports.

The Spokesperson of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Emeka Ezeh confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on Monday evening.

According to him, the general system collapse occurred at 18.48 hours on Monday.

The Disco said the development had led to a loss of power supply across its franchise.

“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October 2024. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.

“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.

“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo”, he said.

Also, Eko Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse.

It wrote, “Dear Valued Customer,

“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network.

“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy grid restoration. We will keep you updated as soon as the power supply is restored.

“Kindly bear with us.”

ABN TV observed power supply was interrupted around 6:50 pm on Monday.

The grid recorded partial failure in August 2024, which resulted in a blackout. The national grid also collapsed in July this year.

Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria showed that the country’s national grid has collapsed about 227 times in the last 14 years.

This comes amid the 240 percent hike in the electricity tariff in April, which has worsened the hardship Nigerians are facing.

TCN gives update as National Grid collapses again in Nigeria

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said that Monday’s national grid collapse was partial, noting that it has begun system recovery to restore supply.

The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this to our correspondent in a chat on Monday.

According to her, the national grid did not collapse entirely as the Akwa Ibom generating Station was “Islanded” to enable it to continue supply through the Eket, Ekim, Uyo and Itu 132 Kilovolt substation.

“It was a partial system disturbance.”

“The entire system did not collapse as the IBOM Generating Station was ISLANDED (i.e. separated to stand alone to continue supplying some areas to avoid the entire system going down), to enable It to continue to supply through the eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kv substations.

“Recovery is currently ongoing and has advanced significantly”, she told our correspondent

This comes as ABN TV reported that Nigeria on Monday at 6:48 pm was thrown into darkness.

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the national grid collapse in a statement by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh on Monday.

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the national grid collapse.

TCN recorded zero load allocation to the eleven Electricity Distribution Companies.

As of the time of filing this report, power supply is yet to be restored across parts of the country.