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Nigeria's electricity grid collapses for the second time in a month

High-tension electrical power lines on the outskirt of Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria. [Reuters]

Nigeria's national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in a month, the federal ministry of power said on Saturday, leaving the parts of the country it serves, including capital Abuja and Africa's biggest city Lagos, without power.

The power ministry said the outage had occurred overnight. It gave no estimate of when the grid, which serves around 117 million people, would be back in operation.

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