AEDC sacks 800 workers amid economic hardship and poor power supply

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has embarked on a major retrenchment exercise that has seen about 800 employees laid off, even as Nigerians grapple with rising inflation, high living costs, and erratic electricity supply. The mass sack, which began on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, follows months of internal restructuring at the utility firm, which…

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200-Level Student Of University Of Ilorin Commits Suicide, Blames Economic Hardship

200-level Mass Communication student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has committed suicide, after he allegedly cited overwhelming economic hardship. The student, whose identity has been withheld, consumed a poisonous substance at his residence in the Oke-odo area of Tanke, Ilorin, leaving the university community in shock and mourning. It was gathered that…

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