On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM West Africa Time, subscribers around the globe began reporting a sudden loss of service on SpaceX’s Starlink network, with the first alerts coming from remote communities in Canada’s North and quickly echoing across Africa, including Nigeria (Cabin Radio, The Verge).

Within minutes, Downdetector registered 36,705 incident reports by 8:54 PM WAT, underscoring the breadth of the disruption as users from the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia all saw terminals go offline (Reuters).

By 9:05 PM WAT, SpaceX had posted on X (formerly Twitter):

“Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we’ll share an update once this issue is resolved.” (The Verge).

Here in Nigeria, where Starlink has rapidly grown—especially in urban centres such as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt—the outage cut off connectivity for homes, businesses, and critical facilities relying on the low‑latency satellite link (Billionaire Daily).

The blackout arrives just weeks after Starlink resumed nationwide activations in late June—ending an eight‑month pause imposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission—once again opening sign‑ups in Lagos, Abuja, and other major markets (The Guardian Nigeria).

As of late Thursday night, SpaceX has not disclosed the cause of the interruption or provided an estimated restoration time (Reuters). Affected users are advised to monitor Starlink’s status page and social channels for updates and to keep alternative internet options at the ready until service is fully restored.