The National Grid has revealed that power generation across the 36 states in Nigeria has degraded even more.
The National Grid made this known on Friday morning through a post it shared on its official X account, reporting a sharp further drop in Nigeria’s power generation.
This thus continues a pattern of grid instability with at least three collapses earlier in the year, each reducing output to near-zero megawatts per data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO).
This degradation exacerbates Nigeria’s long-standing energy crisis, where despite vast gas reserves, transmission losses and underinvestment limit supply to under 5,000 MW for 200 million people, per recent reports from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), fueling demands for off-grid renewables.
A check on X also revealed that several areas across the nation have been in total blackout at least in the last 24 hours, disrupting daily life and economic activity.
Two of such areas are Odogunyan and Odonla in Ikorodu North Local Council District Area (LCDA), Ikorodu, Lagos where there has been no electricity since Thursday morning.
Nigeria electricity distribution companies (DisCos) received only 2,830 megawatts (MW) of electricity on Thursday as persistent gas shortages forced limitations across power plants, throwing most homes and industries into darkness.
However, Nigeria will add more than 200MW of solar electricity to its power system as the Federal Government moves ahead with over 1,000 mini-grid projects under a nationwide rural electrification programme.
Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, disclosed in Abuja during a visit by the National Judicial Institute (NJI) that the projects form part of a $750 million public programme
Operational data from NISO showed that generation on the grid stood at 3,940.53MW about 05:00 hours on March 5, 2026.
Between 06:00 and 08:00 hours, many generation units were forced offline because of inadequate gas supply, resulting in an additional 292MW drop in available generation.
The reduced output sharply constrained electricity available for distribution companies, leaving the 11 DisCos with a combined load allocation of 2,830MW, according to system dispatch data. The generation was as low as 1,490MW at about 6.00 p.m.
The largest share of electricity went to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), which received 490MW, followed by Ikeja Electric (IE) with 484MW and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) with 413MW.
Other allocations included 306MW to Ibadan DisCo, 207MW to Benin DisCo and 198MW to Enugu DisCo.
Further down the allocation list were 178MW to Port Harcourt DisCo, 173MW to Kano DisCo, 161MW to Kaduna DisCo, 144MW to Jos DisCo, and 76MW to Yola DisCo.
