Nigeria, March 29 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday announced the successful restoration of the collapsed national electricity transmission grid.

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

"The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN ) has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance that occurred at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday, 28th March 2024, with full recovery achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day.

"According to a report from the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, the system disturbance was triggered by a significant reduction in generation capacity, primarily due to gas constraints," Ms Mbah said.

She explained that this reduction led to a ...