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By Kolawole Ojebisi

The national grid has collapsed for the ninth time in 2024, leading to a total blackout nationwide.
The whole nation has been plunged into total darkness again as the national grid has collapsed again.

This is for the record tenth time in 2024 as the country has never experienced this kind of collapse in recent memory.
Data obtained from the Nigerian system operator’s portal showed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as of 2:09pm on Tuesday.

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