{"id":32917,"date":"2020-11-29T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T17:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32917"},"modified":"2020-11-29T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T17:51:06","slug":"nigeria-thrown-into-total-darkness-as-national-grid-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/nigeria-thrown-into-total-darkness-as-national-grid-collapses","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria thrown into total darkness as national grid collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria has been plunged into total blackout following the collapse of the nation\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n<p>The power grid was said to have collapsed in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Eko Electricity Distribution Company, confirmed the collapse of the national grid collapse on Sunday via its Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>It explained that the current power outage was due to system collapse on the national grid.<\/p>\n<p>The company, however, assured Nigerians that electricity supply would be restored as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear customer, the outage you\u2019re experiencing is due to a system collapse on the National Grid.<\/p>\n<p>We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Please bear with us #PowerUpdate #EkoElectricity #EmpoweringQualityOfLives,\u201d the tweet reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigeria has been plunged into total blackout following the collapse of the nation\u2019s power grid. The power grid was said to have collapsed in the early hours of Sunday. Eko Electricity Distribution Company, confirmed the collapse of the national grid collapse on Sunday via its Twitter handle. 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