Businesses suffer as national grid collapses again

In another tweet, the X account stated that the Disco loads of all power distribution companies across the country aside Ibadan DisCo have come down to zero megawatt.

“Disco load” is the amount of power (in megawatts, MW) allocated from the national grid to each Electricity Distribution Company (DisCo).

Meanwhile, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC,  said that the national grid collapsed at about 11.23 a.m. The company made this known on its verified twitter handle in Abuja.

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It said:” Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at about 11:23 a.m. on Wednesday.”

According to the company, the outage affected electricity supply across its franchise areas.

“Be rest assured we are working closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure power is restored once the grid is stabilised.

However, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has blamed Wednesday’s collapse of the national grid on a tripping incident at one of the country’s power generation companies.

In a statement, NISO said the grid suffered a system disturbance at 11:20 a.m. on September 10, 2025, after the tripping triggered a significant load drop, which cascaded to other power plants.