TCN Restores Electricity in Lagos Within Hours After Blackout

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced that power had been restored in parts of Lagos and surrounding areas several hours after a blackout.

TCN spokesperson Ndidi Mbah said in a statement on Thursday that the Benin‑Egbin 330‑kilovolt transmission line had been brought back online.

The company reported that the outage began at about 8:19 am on 25 June 2026 in Lagos.

TCN explained that voltage instability on the national grid spread rapidly across the Lagos corridor, causing the loss of some generating stations, outages on transmission lines, and the interruption of electricity supply to Lagos and its environs.

Interventions by Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe and other agencies in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry helped resolve the fault quickly.

“We are pleased to report that one of the affected lines, the Benin‑Egbin 330 kV transmission line, which was opened during the incident, has already been restored and is currently transmitting bulk electricity. A combined team of TCN engineers from the Benin and Omotoso subregions are, however, working assiduously to rectify the remaining faults on the 330 kV Benin‑Omotoso transmission line to ensure full restoration of bulk power supply to the Lagos complex as quickly as possible,” the company added.

TCN said it is working to restore the Benin‑Omotoso 330‑kV transmission line, which affects bulk power supply to customers of Eko Electricity Distribution Company and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company.

“We urge all affected consumers to please exercise patience as we work to restore bulk power supply through the Benin‑Omotoso transmission line. Updates will be provided as restoration progresses,” TCN stated.