Nigeria, Dec. 29 -- Nigerians have yet again been thrown into darkness due to a 'system outage' from the national grid on Monday afternoon.

A grid collapse, which is the breakdown of transmission lines due to over- or under-frequency, is said to be responsible for this outage.

Electricity distribution companies announced a system outage at approximately 2:01 p.m. on Monday.

The latest development is coming months after the national grid collapsed in September.

Confirming the development, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), in a statement posted on its X handle, said: "Dear valued customers, we wish to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 14:02 pm today, causing power outage across our fr...