{"id":107886,"date":"2023-09-19T19:31:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107886"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:31:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:31:19","slug":"darkness-in-nigeria-as-national-grid-collapses-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/darkness-in-nigeria-as-national-grid-collapses-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkness in Nigeria as national grid collapses again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians are set to stay in darkness again following Tuesday\u2019s reports of the collapse of the national grid, with power output falling from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at midnight to a mere 42.7MW.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nNigeria\u2019s electricity supply plummeted to an all time low at the time of filing this report Pointblanknews.com reports.<\/p>\n<p>As of mid-day today, the only operating power plant on the grid was the Delta Power plant, generating 41.00MW, while Afam contributed a mere 1.7MW.<\/p>\n<p>This occurrence follows closely on the heels of two recent grid collapses in just over a 12-hour period, plunging the nation into complete darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Details later\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians are set to stay in darkness again following Tuesday\u2019s reports of the collapse of the national grid, with power output falling from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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