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KEY POINTS The Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO, has traced Tuesday’s national grid disturbance to a voltage fluctuation at the Gombe Transmission Substation, clarifying that the incident did not amount …

KEY POINTS When much of the national transmission infrastructure was conceived decades ago, Nigeria’s economy was smaller, less industrialised, and far less digitally connected. Today, Africa’s largest economy is powered …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s electricity sector suffered another major setback on Tuesday morning after the national power grid collapsed, triggering a widespread blackout across several parts of the country. Operational data …

KEY POINTS Large portions of Nigeria went dark on Friday due to a system-wide collapse of the country’s electrical grid, according to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). NISO told …

KEY POINTS More than two-thirds of electricity consumers in Nigeria are bypassing their prepaid meters to use power without paying, a practice that is bleeding the already fragile electricity sector, …