suicide in nigeria

A sergeant of the Nigerian army identified as Tella Adedapo has allegedly committed suicide. Adedapo, a driver attached to the budget and planning department at the army headquarters in Abuja, was said to have hanged himself on the ceiling fan in his apartment— flat two, block F, Muhammadu...

As more people continue to use popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper to commit suicide in the country, the National Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw the product from open markets and supermarkets. NAFDAC’s Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied...

A 17-year-old girl, Sadiya Shehu of Tudun Murtala quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State has committed suicide on Monday over a misunderstanding between her parents that led to divorce of her mother.....… Read more via Daily Trust – http://bit.ly/2F5f4Ym Get More Nigeria...

Spectator Index has published a World Health Organization (WHO) study which ranked suicides per 100,000 cases. According to the report, Nigeria has 15 percent per 100,000, ranking as the 5th highest rate of suicide in the world READ MORE HERE

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There is a surging trend of Nigerians committing suicide with about 80 killed in the last 13 months, according to reported incidents collated by Daily Trust. Seventy-nine people had committed suicide between April 8, 2017, and May 12 this year, according to the data obtained by Daily Trust from...

Titilayo Momoh, a textile dealer at Balogun Market, Lagos who was arraigned for attempting to jump off the third Mainland bridge in Lagos has regained her freedom. PUNCH reports that A.T. Olaleye, a prosecutor from the Lagos State Ministry of Justice announced that the Directorate of Public...

Former Presidential Aide, Reuben Abati has published an interesting article on the increasing rate of suicide in Nigeria. I once wrote about Nigeria’s “children of anger”, but the country seems to have progressed from anger to clinical depression, resulting in a rise not merely in social...

Port Harourt-based nurse, Oji Allwell, whose pictures were circulated as the photo of the medical doctor who committed suicide on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has spoken up. READ: Lagos: Man Jumps Off Third Mainland Bridge Oji’s photos along with the suicide report went viral late on...

An unidentified man today jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge. PM NEWS reports that the man, who was driven to the bridge by his driver in a Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV. He was reportedly receiving a call when he suddenly asked his driver to stop. After the driver...