An unidentified journalist who works with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) has committed suicide. He jumped into the Lagoon from the Third mainland bridge on Friday in Lagos. The deceased journalist pretended that he wanted to urinate after he alighted from a commercial bus conveying him and some of his colleagues to work…

An Australian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for helping his wife commit suicide so he could access her life insurance, in what the judge called a precedent-setting case. Graham Morant, 69, was found guilty last month of counselling and aiding his wife Jennifer Morant to kill herself in 2014. She suffered…

Residents of Gangansi area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, were left in shock yesterday over a suicide allegedly committed by a commercial motorcyclist simply identified as Abass in his brother’s house. The sad event, which occurred on Wednesday night, threw the community into tragedy as they were still discussing what might have led the man…

Lady Gaga has severally revealed her struggled with mental health in the past. Now in a new ed-op in collaboration with the World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, she writes about suicide in the GuardianUK. Together, they reveal that 800,000 people will die by suicide this year. "Suicide is the most extreme and visible…

Last month, popular Nigerian Artiste Harry Song opened up on his battle with depression and cried out for help, while many mocked him for speaking up as a celebrated figure, one woman reached out to help him find his path and walk him through his healing process, that woman is Oyinkansola Alabi , popularly referred…

Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three has committed suicide, the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), Ghana chapter, reported in Abuja yesterday. The association made the development known when the leadership visited the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs.…

International rapper, Kanye West is known for his opinionated views which most times doesn't agree with many people but like it or not, Kanye speaks his mind. According to the "Ye" rapper, some people are committing suicide because they are not getting enough likes on social media. The multiple Grammy award winning rap star is…

The World Health Organisation estimates that almost 800,000 people commit suicide every year, that is a death owing to suicide every 40 seconds. With the World Suicide Prevention Day themed Working Together to Prevent Suicide observed today, here are three quick steps to help prevent suicide. Learn the warning signs Most suicidal persons reach out,…

Suicide, the deliberate act of ending one's life, is regarded as one of the leading causes of death in the world. While it is rampant among low and medium-income countries, the World Health Oganisation (WHO) said in a report that it is the second leading cause of death among people aged 19-26 globally in 2016. The…

If I had no sense of humuor, I would long ago have committed suicide – Mahatma Gandhi First, he lost his only child, a boy. Next his wife left him. Thereafter, he was managing to eke out a living as a security man in a church and not long after, he committed suicide. This tragic…

Anger, shock and an academic shutdown at a university have ensued following student protests over the death of Rhodes University student Khensani Maseko. This comes months after the 23-year-old law student was allegedly raped at the university she attended. Maseko was found dead in her family's home in Johannesburg after a tragic final post was…

Tragedy struck yesterday as a senior local government official, Michael Kayode Bamisaye, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. Bamisaye, who was the Director of Finance in Ise-Orun Local Government Area, Ise-Ekiti, jumped into the well in his compound behind Tinuola Maximum School, off Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti. The deceased had earlier…