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Nigeria Plunges Into Darkness As National Grid Collapses Again

Nigeria has been thrown into blackout again following the collapse of the national grid on Monday.

Our correspondent gathered that the total generation on the grid was zero at 1:33 pm.

It was further found out that on the Independent System Operators website, electricity generated by the 22 generation companies peaked at 4,067.77MW and declined to its least at 823.5MW before the total drop to 0.00.

The report showed that Azura-Edo IPP reached 419MW before dropping to 0.00, Afam VI peaked at 382MW before dropping to 0.00, Delta generation company reached 359 MW before dropping to 0.00,

Shiroro (Hydro) GenCo generated 340MW before the drop to 0.00, ; Egbin Genco reached 222MW before dropping to 0.00; Afam IV & V had reached the highest electricity generation at 72.10 MW but later dropped to 0.00, Dadinkowa generated 36.24MW and dropped to 0.00, Geregu (gas) was 85MW before dropping to 0.00, Geregu NIPP was 100MW, Ibom power reached 68MW and Ihovbor was 103MW before the drop to 0.00.

The data also showed that Sapele (steam) generated 72MW before dropping to 0.00, Rivers IPP generated 146MW before the drop, Paras energy (gas) generated 65MW, and Omotosho and Omuku both generated 137MW and 74MW before the system collapse.

Also, Jebba (hydro), Kainji (hydro), Odukpani NIPP (gas), Okpai (gas/ steam), Olorunsogo (gas) and Olorunsogo NIPP (Gas) generated 366MW, 240MW, 77MW, 238MW, 190MW, and 105.80 MW respectively before the drop to 0.00.

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