Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has fully restored the collapsed national electricity grid.

The TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement Sunday evening.

"The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN) hereby states that the grid experienced a partial disturbance at about 11:21 hours today with Ibom power islanded, feeding Eket, Ekim, Itu & Uyo transmission substations, during the period of partial disturbance.

"TCN initiated immediate restoration of the affected part of the grid, and presently, the grid is fully restored," Ms Mbah said.

She noted that prior to the incident, the total generation on the grid was 3,901.25 MW at 8 a.m, a little over three hours before ...