suicide
9 Feb
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Shafi’u Bawa, has committed suicide. Sources say the officer attached to 61 Police Mobile Force, Kontagora, Headquarters of Kontagora LGA of Niger State, committed the act on Saturday afternoon. His lifeless body was discovered hanging from the ceiling of his room by his father, Mallam Usman Bawa, who reported…
4 Feb
A Mass Communication student of the University of Ilorin (name withheld) has committed suicide in Ilorin. The Guardian gathered that the student took a poisonous substance to take his own life at his residence at Oke-odo axis of Tanke, Ilorin. The 200-level male student, according to colleagues, committed suicide because of the current economic hardship…
1 Feb
The UN rights chief said Friday that he was "deeply alarmed" by reports of summary executions of civilians in Khartoum North, allegedly by Sudanese army fighters and allied militia. "Deliberately taking the life of a civilian or anyone not or no longer directly taking part in hostilities is a war crime," Volker Turk said in…
10 Jan
Rights groups and doctors on Friday welcomed a ruling by Kenya's high court that declared it unconstitutional to treat suicide attempts as a crime.
9 Jan
A fifty-five-year-old farmer, Resham Singh, allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at a protest site in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Thursday, multiple local media reports have said. Singh is the second farmer who has committed suicide to express disillusionment against the federal government’s apathy towards ongoing farmer protests. According to…
25 Dec
The suicide by a train driver on the job has caused widespread delays in France's rail traffic, operator SNCF said Wednesday. Some 3,000 train passengers have been affected by delays in services between Paris and southeastern France that started Tuesday and spilled over into Wednesday. Around 10 high-speed (TGV) trains were delayed by up to…
1 Nov
A father of four has committed suicide in Igburowo town, Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State, after consuming a chemical substance and pesticide, commonly known as snipper. The lifeless body of the 58-year-old deceased man identified as Bamidele Omolayo was discovered when an octogenarian in the community raised an alarm. According to sources, before…
22 Oct
Ukrainian officials said Tuesday a man wanted for evading a military call-up killed himself after being caught by police and taken to an
14 Oct
Police in Ogun State are investigating the death of a 32-year-old man, Lanre Ogungbe, who was found dead in a hotel room in the Lafenwa area on October 10, 2024.
8 Oct
A father of nine, identified as Mr. Charles, has tragically taken his own life by ingesting a lethal insecticide, Sniper.
4 Oct
A man suspected of killing two young women in Istanbul took his own life Friday, said the city authorities, the latest in a series of murders of women in Turkey. The DHA news agency said the man had beheaded one of his two victims on the city's historic ramparts. The suspect and the two women…
12 Sep
Popular Nigerian comedienne, Anita Asuoha, better known as Real Warri Pikin, has opened up about a difficult period in her life when she almost took her own life due to a debt of N22 million. In a post shared on her Instagram page on Wednesday, Anita recounted how financial pressure pushed her to the edge.…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Rivers State Sector Command, has commenced a special operation to tackle the menace of fake number plates and vehicle registration numbers. The operation, which began on Monday, February 17th, 2025, is targeted at vehicles with fake registration numbers and illegal use of number plates by private, commercial, government, and…
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The Cross River government has concluded plans to revive the foremost 11.25km annual Obudu mountain race which last held in 2014. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Gov. Bassey Otu made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen in Calabar on Thursday. He, however, said that a lot of things needed to be…
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Czech police on Thursday said they had charged far-right leader and lawmaker Tomio Okamura over European Union election posters they claim incited racial hatred. A former entrepreneur and travel agency owner, the Tokyo-born Okamura chairs the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement with 20 lawmakers in the 200-seat parliament. The party wants the Czech…
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Arab leaders will meet in Saudi Arabia on Friday to counter President Donald Trump's plan for US control of Gaza and the expulsion of its people, diplomatic and government sources said. The plan has united Arab states in opposition, but disagreements remain over who should govern the war-ravaged Palestinian territory and how to fund its…
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A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced four men to 25 years for the "honour killing" of a woman stabbed to death in broad daylight in front of her three-year-old daughter. The 28-year-old Roshin was stabbed 28 times by her elder brother as she walked with her daughter in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn in…
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Britain and France are spearheading attempts to create a European "reassurance force" of fewer than 30,000 troops to protect Ukraine after any ceasefire deal with Russia, UK media reported Thursday. The idea comes as European powers fear that US President Donald Trump could end the three-year war on terms favourable to Moscow, without providing security…
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Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has finally admitted that Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola won the June 12, 1993, presidential election. He also expressed regret over the annulment in his newly launched autobiography. The book titled, "A Journey In Service"unveiled today in Abuja, was reviewed by former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.…
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A soothsayer once foretold that former military head of state, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), would administer Nigeria. Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) stated this at the launch of Babangida's autobiography entitled: "Babangida, a journey in service" held Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. Abdulsalami, a classmate of Babangida at the Government College…
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Kebbi, says it will not withdraw its case from Supreme Court against the tenure elongation of its leaders in the country. The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Bala Sufiyanu, stated this at a joint press briefing when he hosted Chairmen of the party from Northern part…
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A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, when it hit…