The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has confirmed the full restoration of the national grid following a partial system disturbance that occurred on Tuesday morning.
In a statement issued Tuesday evening, NISO reported that the grid experienced a voltage disturbance originating at the Gombe Transmission Substation around 10:48 a.m.
This disturbance spread rapidly, affecting the Jebba, Kainji, and Ayede transmission substations and causing the tripping of several transmission lines and generating units.
The operator clarified that the event resulted in a partial system collapse, not a total grid collapse as reported elsewhere.
Corrective actions were swiftly implemented, with restoration efforts beginning by 11:11 a.m. and power supply across affected areas returning to normal.
This incident marks the second such system disturbance leading to widespread outages in less than five days.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) confirmed that power restoration from the grid had resumed, though with a limited initial allocation.
The company stated its feeders were being restored gradually and asked customers for patience.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
