suicide
9 Oct 2023
As the world marks World Mental Health Day, a mental health expert and the founder of the Mental Health Ditty Foundation, Dr. Adedotun Esan, has appealed to the Federal government to decriminalize suicide and attempted suicide in Nigeria.
13 Sep 2023
The police in Kogi State have mobilised officers to recover the body of a middle-aged man, who committed suicide, yesterday, in Lokoja, by jumping into a flowing river. The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, jumped into the river from Meme bridge, few metres away to the popular Dunamis Church in Lokoja metropolis. The deceased, a…
13 Sep 2023
United for Global Mental Health (UGMH) has said more than 703,000 persons exit the world yearly through suicide. The leadership, in a statement yesterday in Jalingo, via the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development...
9 Aug 2023
Rescuers made up of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the State Waterway Authority (LASWA), yesterday, intensified search of a yet-to-be-identified man who jumped from Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge into the lagoon. According to reports from passers-by, the man simply let himself down the massive body of water in what looks…
3 Jul 2023
A social and health psychology scholar at the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, Prof. Peter Olapegba, Chief Executive Officer of Gamble Alert, Fisayo Oke and Executive Secretary of Association of Nigerian Bookmakers (ANB), Olabimpe Akingba, have warned against irresponsible gambling...
16 Jun 2023
Pensioners in Ekiti State have said unless government steps up efforts to ameliorate their plight, especially the recent removal of fuel subsidy, they could contemplate suicide due to unbearable hardship as a result of poor pay.
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Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the country's official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan. Israel had…
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Adolphus Onyeama, an agriculture produce buyer resident in Borno State, has had several close shaves with death in the last 14 years. The Enugu State-born businessman has lived in the North for 26 years.
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The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday had the last laugh at the highly staked National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which retained its acting national chairman...
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Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
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The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is deeply worried about the various economic headwinds confronting the stability of the Nigerian economy.
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Raymond Nwachukwu, a civil servant who lives in the Ijaiye area of Lagos State and commutes over many kilometers to and from work in Lekki, claims that his biggest problem is getting sleep.
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The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has provided an opportunity for Heartland of Owerri to fight to save their season by lifting the ban, albeit provisionally, on Dan Anyiam Stadium.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a chieftain of the party, Bola Ilori...
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Today is the second Friday of Shawwal 10th after the glorious month of Ramadan. We thank Allaah for making us see the beginning and end of Ramadan. We ask Allaah to grant us all the successes of the month as He accepts all our acts of Ibaadah and sacrifices.