suicide
11 Jun 2024
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued an American citizen from committing suicide
10 Jun 2024
An American citizen in his early 30s was restrained from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge at 1:23 p.m. on Monday, according to a statement from the Lagos State Police Command II. The man, whose name has been withheld, was driven to the bridge by his partner and accompanied by his daughter. The police…
9 Jun 2024
One of the Kwara State pilgrims observing the Hajj in Saudi Arabia has reportedly committed suicide in Madina. Executive Secretary of the Board, Abdulsalam Abdulkabir, said in a statement on Sunday that the deceased, one Hawawu Mohammed, died in an apparent suicide by falling from her apartment’s rooftop. A second victim, Salisu Mohammed, according to…
28 May 2024
The management of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) says the institution had no hand on the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka, a final year student of the Department of English and Literary Study of the institution. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Chigozie Ogbu made the clarification on Monday in Abakaliki in a press conference on the issues…
28 May 2024
Oladapo Ogundipe, the father of 26-year-old British-Nigerian lady, Alanis Ogundipe, who jumped into the path of a moving train on May 29, 2023, has urged the United Kingdom authority to investigate the circumstances surrounding his daughter’s death.
22 May 2024
Justice S. M. Shuaibu of a Federal High Court sitting in Benin, yesterday, adjourned till July 22, the case of aiding the suicide of Mrs Lilian Omokhuale, preferred against six defendants.
1 May 2024
The police in Ogun State have confirmed the tragic death of two people through suicide in different areas of the state.
3 Apr 2024
The Nigeria Police Force have commenced investigation into the mysterious death of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Gbolahan Olugbemi on Easter Sunday.
14 Mar 2024
A 17-year-old boy, Ojibe Chibueze has committed suicide in the Abijo area of Lagos State.
22 Feb 2024
A 300-Level nursing student of the College of Science, Business and Management Studies in Abeokuta, identified as Ajoke, has reportedly taken her life.
21 Feb 2024
A 300-level student in the nursing department of Harvarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Obada in Abeokuta, Ogun State, identified as Ajoke, has died from an alleged suicide.
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