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Nigeria: National Grid Crashes 81 Percent to 675mw, As 9 Plants Go Off

Published by AllAfrica 20 October 2026 at 13:29
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Nigeria: National Grid Crashes 81 Percent to 675mw, As 9 Plants Go Off
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[Vanguard] Abuja -- Nigeria's grid electricity supply crashed by 81.5 per cent to 675 megawatts (MW) at 1pm on Monday from 3,647MW, following a drop in the number of power plants supplying the national grid from 21 to 2.

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