BY MUSA IDRIS UMAR, FEBRUARY 10, 2026 | 07:02 PM
Electricity supply has been restored in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, following more than two days of total blackout.
Residents across the city had endured prolonged outage during the disruption in supply.
A source who confirmed the development to our reporter said the restoration became possible after maintenance work at the Maiduguri gas power plant was completed.
YERWA EXPRESS NEWS reports that the earlier outage had been linked to a fault on a transmission tower along the Maiduguri–Damaturu highway.
The source added that electricity returned to the city after the power plant resumed operation.
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