THIS is the third time this will happen in just one week.
The latest collapse occurred early Saturday morning, with many states reporting total blackouts.
DAILY POST said the data it obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) revealed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as of 9.20am today.
This latest failure comes on the heels of two other collapses earlier in the week, further straining the already fragile power system.
Businesses and households continue to suffer over the nation’s unreliable electricity supply amid the high cost and unavailability of fuel.
Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had, on Friday, announced that two towers along its 330kV Shiroro-Kaduna transmission lines one and two have been vandalized, damaging parts of both transmission lines.
According to reports from the Shiroro Regional office of TCN, the 330kV transmission line one tripped first, followed shortly by the second.
“Efforts were still ongoing to reclose the first line, prompting the urgent mobilization of local vigilantes to patrol the lines.
This led to the discovery of two damaged towers – towers T133 and tower T 136 – with their cables badly damaged at several points.
The company in a statement signed by Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager, Public Affairs, stated that arrangements were in top gear to deploy the newly procured “emergency restoration system” to the site, pending the reconstruction of the damaged towers.
“TCN has also conducted an aerial survey in collaboration with security operatives, given the area’s vulnerability to banditry, which poses a significant threat to both TCN installations and personnel.
“In the interim, our engineers have implemented a temporary measure to supply bulk power to the Kaduna and Kano regions via the 330kV Kaduna-Jos transmission line.
“The vandalized Shiroro-Kaduna 330kV lines 1&2 are vital lines through which bulk power is transmitted to parts of the North West region, with each line capable of carrying 600MW.
“The vandalism of the towers and transmission lines presents a significant challenge to bulk power transmission in that axis.
“We are, however, committed to re-erecting the towers and restringing the transmission lines to restore bulk power transmission through both 330kV power transmission lines,” the statement read.