Nigeria, April 15 -- Nigeria's electricity grid on Monday collapsed yet again, throwing several cities into darkness.

The grid collapsed around 2:42 a.m. on Monday, with generation dropping to 64.70 megawatts.

Confirming the collapse, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (Jos DisCo), in a statement signed by its Head of Corporate Communications, Friday Elijah, said the loss of power supply from the national grid occurred in the early hours of Monday.

"The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid. The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred in the early hours at about 0242 hours today, Monday, 15 April 2024, hence the loss of power supply on ...