Stakeholders has called for the concerted efforts of government, parents, and caregivers among others to stem the tide of mental illness, depression, and suicide that is fast spreading at an alarming rate in young ones in the country.

A suicide in the traditional concept is never given any burial rite but the corpse is usually dragged into the forest of Oro or other reserved places for such and left on the ground as food for vultures, hyenas and other carnivorous animals to devour.

Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that it should not always be punishable to help someone "under intolerable physical and psychological suffering" to commit suicide.

A 25-year-old man, Kehinde Muse, has committed suicide after his 21-year-old lover, Rasheedat Animashaun, dumped him. The incident occurred at No. 56, Modele Street Surulere, Lagos Mainland. The first suicide incident reported to the police this week in Lagos.

Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has lamented the alarming rate of suicide, which was hitherto alien to Nigerians. He urged every Nigerian to return to the era of brotherly love to curb the increasing rate of suicide across the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released frightening statistics on suicide rates worldwide, saying at least one person dies every 40 seconds from suicide. Each year, about 800,000 people die to suicide, WHO reports, with suicide being the second-leading cause of death among young people aged 15-29, after road injury.

In this century, depression has become rampant especially between the ages group of 15-40. It has been strongly linked to suicide when it is not treated. Depression is derived from a Latin verb “deprimere-to press down”, it is more than a low state of mood, it is a permanent stigma, it is a serious condition that affects…

A 37-year-old man, Seyi Onayemi, committed suicide in Ikorodu estate, Lagos State at the weekend. A statement from the spokesperson of the Lagos State police command, Bala Elkana, said on Friday, men of the Sagamu Road Police Station, Ikorodu

Nigerian female rapper, Eva Alordiah is a year older today as the 'High' crooner turns 31. In a way of celebrating her day, she took to her Instagram page and shared a reflective post. In her post, the entertainer revealed that there was a point in her life she wanted to commit suicide. She further…

Tragedy struck yesterday as a depressed housewife, Omolara Nathaniel, was found dead after hanging herself on a ceiling fan in Egbeda area of Lagos State.

The Lagos State Police Command said a 43-year-old commercial bus driver was found dead at a mechanic workshop after allegedly taking a liquid substance suspected to be sniper.

The wealthy US financier Jeffrey Epstein, indicted on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, has committed suicide in prison, US news media reported Saturday