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National Grid
Nigerians have been thrown into darkness as the national grid experienced a collapse on Wednesday, February 2025, marking the first time in the year.
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has reported that the system outage happened at 11:34am today.
Ikeja Electric stated on X: ?Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 12th February, 2025 at 11:34hrs affecting all our feeders.
?Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.?
This incident follows a pattern of instability, with the grid suffering about 12 consecutive collapses in 2024. (BusinessDay)

