{"id":90805,"date":"2025-09-10T15:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=90805"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:54:46","slug":"world-suicide-prevention-day-2025-hope-over-silence-confronting-suicide-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/world-suicide-prevention-day-2025-hope-over-silence-confronting-suicide-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Hope over silence confronting suicide in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"x9qbjpo\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nEvery year, the world comes together on September 10th to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Changing the Narrative on Suicide,\u2019  and for us here in Nigeria, that theme couldn\u2019t be more timely.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare reports that around 15,000 Nigerians die by suicide each year, and suicide now ranks among the top causes of death for young people aged 15 to 29. The question is no longer \u2018if\u2019 we should talk about it, but \u2018how\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019re sitting down to have that conversation to break the silence, confront the stigma, and most importantly, to ask what can be done to bring hope and healing to those who need it most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the world comes together on September 10th to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Changing the Narrative on Suicide,\u2019 and for us here in Nigeria, that theme couldn\u2019t be more timely. 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