{"id":171252,"date":"2025-07-25T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/eko-disco-announces-25-day-blackout-in-lagos"},"modified":"2025-07-26T00:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:27:46","slug":"eko-disco-announces-25-day-blackout-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eko-disco-announces-25-day-blackout-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Eko DisCo announces 25-day blackout in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced a 25-day blackout in parts of Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Eko DisCo disclosed this in a notice to customers on Friday posted on its X account.<\/p>\n<p>According to EKEDC, the blackout would commence on 28th July and last until August 21st, 2025, between 8am and 5pm daily.<\/p>\n<p>The Disco explained that the outage is to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria carry out work on the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330 kV line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEKEDC has announced a daily planned power outage from Monday, 28 July, to Thursday, 21 August 2025, due to essential maintenance work by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330 kV line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outage will occur between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day, affecting several parts of Lagos and other serviced areas. During this period, residents should expect intermittent electricity supply and load shedding across the Eko Disco network,\u201d the Disco stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced a 25-day blackout in parts of Lagos State. Eko DisCo disclosed this in a notice to customers on Friday posted on its X account. According to EKEDC, the blackout would commence on 28th July and last until August 21st, 2025, between 8am and 5pm daily. 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