Nigeria grid collapses 81% to 675MW as 9 plants trip offline

Nigeria's national grid crashed 81.5% to 675MW from 3,647MW at 1pm Monday, with operating plants falling from 21 to 2. The collapse follows a pattern of chronic grid instability, but the scale of the drop and the number of simultaneous plant outages mark a severe degradation. This will likely trigger widespread blackouts, disrupt industrial output, and strain the economy, though the specific cause remains unconfirmed.