Nigeria has been plunged into darkness once more as the national grid system managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo, Osun State, failed.
A check by Truth Live News in the early hours of today revealed that the grid has collapsed to a pitiful 273 megawatts of electricity coming from two of the approximately 27 power plants.
This comes just a week after TCN blasted the drum to commemorate a dubious 400 days of grid stability.
A number of Distribution Companies verified to newsmen that the grid fell down at 00:41 AM, and that the majority of their feeders are offline.
Five generating plants were operational as of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday. Afam Vi produced 0.70MW, Dadinkowa produced 0.00MW, lbom produced 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW and Olorunsogo was on the grid with zero generation.
At 1 a.m. today, the total power on the system was 35MW, suggesting that the country had completely collapsed.
The grid dropped to 193MW about 3 a.m. before rising to 273MW. The TCN is yet to make any official statement concerning the development.