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Blackout looms as national grid collapses again

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The national grid experienced another system collapse on Thursday, causing a power outage in some parts of the country.

“Dear Customer, present outage affecting all is a TCN System Disturbance on the grid. Power to be restored as soon as available,” Eko Electricity Distribution Company tweeted on Thursday.
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“Dear Customer, the outage which occurred at 1237hrs is due to a TCN system collapse affecting Lekki, Ibeju & environs. The team is working to restore power,” it added.

This is the first time the grid will collapse in the new year after collapsing in December 2019.

Details later.
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