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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Akwa Ibom State Government has indicated readiness to commence aggressive desilting of gutters and flood channels across the state.
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The Delta State Police Command has urged Point-of-Sale (POS) operators to be cautious when handling large cash transactions, particularly those involving armed individuals. It noted that customers requesting large cash transactions should be accompanied by a video by the POS operator. Police spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated on Friday in a post on X, noting…
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Lagos State government on Friday said it has apprehended 10 fake enforcement officials around the Cele/Itire axis of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway of the state. The apprehended persons; Ojo Oluwaseun, Rafiu Agbabiaka, Babatunde Ibrahim, Abiodun Olusegun, Daniel Olanrewaju, Aweda Kabiru, Olufowobi Michael, Olamilekan Olasupo, Bunmi James and Iyiola Shola(female) were caught carrying out unauthorised enforcement using…
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Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to prove they have the mental strength to bounce back from a painful spell that wrecked their Champions League challenge and dented their Premier League title bid.