Nigerian telecoms company, Globacom (Glo), has confirmed a network outage across the Northern part of the country, attributed to multiple fibre cuts on major transmission routes. The outage, which started on Monday at noon, affected states such as Kano, Jos, Kaduna, FCT Abuja, Bauchi, and others in the region.
The company attributed the network outage to multiple cases of fibre cuts across various transmission channels that connect the region. Glo reassured users that efforts are ongoing to fix the issue and restore service as soon as possible.
According to an official announcement on its X page, Glo acknowledged that the network glitch is currently affecting voice and data services. Consequently, customers in the Northern part of the country will experience difficulties accessing these vital services.
According to the company, the outage started in Kano, Zamfara, and Katsina states at 12:03 pm and spread to other states: Jos, Kaduna, Bauchi, FCT Abuja, Zaria, and others followed at 3:22 pm and 5:45 pm.
"Our technical team is working tirelessly to restore full connectivity and ensure services are being brought back as quickly as possible," part of the statement reads.
Glo and Nigeria’s Continued Fibre Cuts Woes
This issue comes amid multiple cases of fibre cuts and vandalism of telecoms infrastructure in Nigeria.
In response to the ongoing problem, the federal government declared telecom infrastructure, such as towers, fibre lines, base stations, and data centres, as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII).
Data provided by the Executive Vice-chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, showed that the Nigerian telecoms industry suffered a total of 19,384 fibre cuts between January and August 2025.
Fibre cuts and vandalism continue to threaten internet penetration in Nigeria and the drive to create a digital economy. Two months ago, the NCC raised an alarm that the industry records over 1,100 fibre cuts, 545 cases of access denial, and nearly 100 thefts.
While this reduces the rate of internet access, it also harms MNOs' revenue. According to a report produced by Communique, Nigerian telecom firms spent more than $23 million in 2023 to fix fibre cuts. By mid-2025, vandalism had increased to over 35,000 incidents.
In addressing the situation, Maida explained that these numbers are not just statistics but represent service disruptions for millions of Nigerians and losses running into billions of naira.
Experts have posited that Nigeria must resolve this issue if it truly desires a thriving and sustainable economy.