The Management of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) has said 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...
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Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed an alleged suicide by a final year student of the Ebonyi State University in Abakaliki. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the student, identified as Miss Favour Ugwuka, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room at the Ishieke campus of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has decried increase in incidences of suicides in Nigeria especially amongst young persons and students in the universities and other higher institutions. A Basic Mental Health and Psychological Support (MHPSS) consultant with UNICEF, Mr Wayne Bleier, disclosed...
A Zimbabwean man, Kelvin Mhofu Ngoshi, based in South Africa, committed suicide at the weekend live on Facebook after he allegedly found out his girlfriend allegedly cheated on him. According to Crime Watch Zimbabwe (CWZ), Ngoshi was in utter shock after finding out that his lover only identified...
A 17-year old apprentice boy, Ojibe Chibueze, has reportedly died in an apparent suicide after being accused of stealing money from his boss. The Police spokesperson in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that one Cynthia,...
Man machetes wife death suicide Akure A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, Mr Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide by drinking sniper, an insect-killing substance. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday in the Alagbaka...
A 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room. The spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta. She said the 31-year-old was reported to have...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the deaths of a man and a woman, suspected to be lovers, in an apartment at Ojodu area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
A driver with an e-hailing company, Mr Kingsley Benson, on Monday saved a passenger who was on a suicide mission in Calabar. The driver, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), explained that he had observed something quite unusual with his passenger when she boarded his vehicle....
Palpable tension enveloped an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday when a suspect, Ayoko Oluwatobi, attempted to commit suicide. Oluwatobi, 25, is standing trial before Justice Hakeem Oshodi, whose courtroom is situated on the second floor of a two-storey building and directly opposite the second gate of the...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly stabbing her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, to death. The defendant, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A 21-year old 100 level female student of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Maikeffi Redemption Sarah, reportedly committed suicide, by consuming poisonous substance. Sarah, the fourth and last born of the family, is an undergraduate student of Microbiology was said...
The Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa CDC, Dr Naeem Dalal, has stressed the need to stop cultural stereotypes that prevent African men from seeking emotional and mental wellness help. Dalal spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lusaka, Zambia, on the sideline...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 81 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) on Monday said soldiers prevented a suicide attempt by one Mrs Francesca Spark who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos. The Division’s spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, said in a...
The Police Command in Benue on Friday said one Terhemba Tyochivir committed suicide on Thursday in Makurdi, the State Capital. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through a text message. She said before his death,...
Cancer remained South Korea’s top cause of death in 2022, the country’s statistical office showed on Thursday. A total of 162.7 deaths rate per 100,000 people were recorded in 2022, up from 161.1 deaths in the previous year of people who died of cancer, according to Statistics Korea. Cancer...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A twelve years old JSS two student of Junior Secondary School, Kurmin Tagwaye II, in Akwanga, Favour Williams, was last week Monday, found death in a mysterious way in her father’s farm. Favour, allegedly hung her self in the farm in Kurmin twagwaye II...
Some mental health practitioners say there are no life challenges to justify why any human being should commit suicide. The practitioners made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The practitioners, who expressed concerns about the spate of...
Famous Lagos socialite and entrepreneur, Farida Abdulkabir also known as Farida Sobowale, has opened up on why she wanted to plunge into a lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Abdulkabir, the founder and CEO of the owner of House of Phreedah cited frustrations, failed marriage and many...
CoCo Lee, the star singer from Hong Kong whose song in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” received an Oscar nomination has died at age 48, her family announced. Lee died Wednesday after attempting suicide on Sunday, according to her sisters. “CoCo has been suffering from depression for a few years...