Some parts of Nigeria have been thrown into darkness as the national grid experienced a collapse again on Wednesday.

According to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), the collapse occurred around 11:30 am on Wednesday.

The cause of this grid disturbance is yet to be disclosed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.

Confirming this on X, the Nigeria National Grid account wrote, “There was a “GRID DISTURBANCE” before noon today (Wednesday). Parts of the country experienced an outage”.

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, also confirmed that the grid disturbance happened around 11:30 am on Wednesday.

“We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today (Wednesday), causing a power outage across our franchise areas.

“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised,” AEDC said in a statement on X on Wednesday.