Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has announced that Nigeria's National grid has been successfully restored following a grid disturbance that occurred at about 10:48 a.m. on Tuesday.

The development was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X page of the operators on Tuesday evening.

"The national grid has been fully restored and electricity supply across the affected areas has since returned to normal," NISO said.

Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Nigerians were thrown into darkness on Tuesday morning following a disturbance on the national electricity grid.

The incident marked the second time in less than five days that the grid experienced a system disturbance leading to widespread pow...