Power outages persist as 58% of hydro projects stay frozen

    Oladehinde Oladipo | Top Stories | Feb 06, 2026    
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Power outages have continued to plague Nigeria’s electricity system after fresh evidence showed that 58 percent of publicly funded dam projects meant to support power generation remain stalled or abandoned, despite hundreds of millions of naira already disbursed.

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