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flag Nigeria’s grid collapsed Jan. 27, 2026, causing a nationwide blackout—second in a week—due to transmission and plant failures.

flag Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on January 27, 2026, causing a nationwide blackout just days after a similar failure, with power generation dropping to zero megawatts across all 11 distribution companies. flag The Nigerian Independent System Operator attributed the outage to a major disturbance involving the simultaneous tripping of multiple 330kV transmission lines and disconnection of several power plants. flag Restoration efforts began, with partial power returning to some areas by early afternoon, but full recovery remained ongoing. flag This marks the second grid failure in less than a week and continues a pattern of instability that has plagued Nigeria’s power sector throughout 2025 and early 2026, raising concerns over infrastructure reliability despite ongoing reform efforts.

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