BY MUSA IDRIS UMAR, FEBRUARY 10, 2026 | 09:02 PM
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, has had its electricity supply restored after more than two days of blackout.
Earlier reports suggested the city’s gas power plant had resumed operation, but a source from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) clarified that electricity was actually restored through the main national grid.
The city’s gas power plant is still under maintenance.
The earlier outage was linked to a fault on a transmission tower along the Maiduguri–Damaturu highway.
There is no specific date for when the gas plant will resume operation.
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