Guest: Adekunie Owolabi - Journalist and Researcher Digital Editor at the Diplomatic Watch now a US based Diplomatic Affairs news agency.

Nigeria's electricity distribution companies reported "a total system collapse"on Thursday, causing widespread blackouts across Africa's economy. Power generation fell to zero in the early hours and had risen to 273 mega watts (MW) by 10:30 GMT, still well below the daily average of 4100MW, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) showed.