Partial Relief: FG Restores Power To Lagos, Abuja While Other Cities Groan In Blackout

Restoration work is underway after Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, plunging large parts of the country into blackout.

The grid went down around 11:30 am, cutting supply to several electricity distribution companies (DisCos) nationwide.

In a public notice shared on its handle, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the incident, attributing it to a system failure on the national grid.

“Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at 11:23 am today, affecting electricity supply across our franchise areas,” AEDC wrote.

The company assured customers that efforts were ongoing to restore supply: “Rest assured, we are working closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure power is restored once the grid is stabilised.”

Partial Restoration Begins
By Wednesday afternoon, the national grid operator announced that power recovery had started, with 495 megawatts restored across select DisCos.

Breakdown of load restoration included:

• Abuja Disco – 150 MW

• Eko Disco – 80 MW

• Ikeja Disco – 80 MW

• Ibadan Disco – 50 MW

• Benin Disco – 40 MW

• Enugu Disco – 40 MW

• Kano Disco – 35 MW

• Kaduna Disco – 25 MW

However, supply remained at zero megawatts for Port Harcourt, Jos, and Yola DisCos as of press time.

Daily Post later reported that electricity returned to parts of Abuja, including Dawaki, Zone 7, and Dutse, around 3 pm.

Despite the development, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has yet to release an official statement, a silence that has heightened public frustration given the country’s history of recurring grid failures.

Between 2010 and 2022, the national grid collapsed 222 times, while 2024 alone saw 10 incidents despite promises of reforms. In January and March 2025, similar disturbances were recorded, though TCN described them as “system disturbances” rather than outright collapses.

The latest outage has once again reignited concerns about Nigeria’s fragile power sector, with many citizens fearing worsening blackouts amid rising tariffs and a surging cost of living.