Nigerian online personality Raye has joined the long queue of citizens venting about the country's epileptic power supply, after what she described as two straight weeks without electricity.
In a post shared online and reported by GistLover on November 5, 2026, Raye questioned why a basic necessity that touches every part of daily life remains out of reach for ordinary Nigerians, calling the situation unacceptable.
What Raye said
Her message was short and direct. "Light is not luxury. Why can't we have 24 hours electricity in Nigeria?" Raye asked.
According to GistLover, the complaint followed a two-week stretch without power. The publication did not say which city or neighbourhood Raye lives in, which electricity distribution company serves her area, or what caused the outage, and those details have not been independently confirmed.
An old national headache
Raye's frustration taps into a grievance many Nigerians know too well. Households and businesses regularly complain about long blackouts, the rising cost of running generators and other alternative power sources, and the damage poor supply does to small enterprises and family budgets.
Her post reportedly circulated widely, with the clip shared on X under the caption: "Light is not luxury. Why can't we have 24 hours electricity in Nigeria?" – Online personality, Raye blows hot over two weeks without electricity.
How social media reacted
Reactions under the post ranged from political anger to dark humour. One user, @Jaynet, dragged President Bola Tinubu into the conversation, writing: "Tinubu has said it in 2022 that if he can not give us light for 24 hours in his almost completed first term, we shouldn't vote for him. Therefore let's wait and see the bigoted and useless people that will vote for him comes January 16th 2027." That account of a 2022 promise and the date mentioned are the user's own claims and have not been verified.
Another user, @Introvert Bird, captured the resignation many feel: "They deprived us our rights, and they did it perfectly that we begin to thank them whenever we have it, lol."
Not everyone took the complaint at face value. @Ola warned, in Pidgin, that constant supply might come with its own pain: "come ogo oluwa for osogbo thst light wey you talk say you no enjoy …. na electricity bill go kill you by the time you dey gey light 24/7 every blessed day"
And @Mr algorithm went for sarcasm, suggesting that powerful people profit from the darkness: "Is like you just waking up even aso rock has solar dealership, u wan spoil business for the man ?" The jab is a joke from a social media user, not an established fact.
