Power outage as national grid collapses

The national electricity grid suffered a system collapse on Wednesday, leading to power outage across the country.

Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said there is ongoing effort to fully restore electricity on the grid.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that at about 11.01 am today, 12th of May, 2021, there was a total system collapse of the grid, as a result of voltage collapse at some parts of the grid,” Mbah said.

“TCN commenced grid recovery immediately after the collapse, from Shiroro Generating Station to…