875 persons commit suicide during Covid-19 lockdown
A total of 875 people have committed suicide during the lockdown period in Nepal. The country has been under lockdown, against the novel coronavirus disease, since March 24. According to…
Security man ,50, commits suicide in his one-room apartment
A 50-year-old man, identified as Chukwudi Maduka has allegedly committed suicide at Umuezu-Ore Umuana village in the Uhuahia North Local Government Area of Abia. The Public Relations Officer of the…
How a 22-year-old jumped off Third Mainland Bridge in suspected suicide
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA has begun a search for one 22-year-old Daibo Davis who jumped from the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon on Saturday in yet…
Man commits suicide in court after guilty verdict
Mr. Viktor Sviridov, a former head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s motor transport department has committed suicide in Moscow’s Chertanovsky Court after a judge handed down a guilty verdict…
Your child could be the next suicide victim: What parents should know, by experts
Some mental health experts have called for collaboration between parents, guardians, educators and the government in the prevention of suicide. The experts made the call at the third edition of…
Two weeks after murder of friend, another Auchi Poly staff found dead in his farm
A staff of Auchi Polytechnic, Mr Samuel Okolie, who was said to have been abducted by gunmen on Oct. 9 has been found dead two weeks after his friend, another…
Suicide: Men, more likely to end lives than women, says expert
Dr Uchendu Onyedika, a Neuropsychiatrist with the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, says though more women tend to attempt suicide; men are however, more likely to succeed in ending their…
More women attempt suicide than men – Expert
Miss Titi Tade, Clinical Psychologist, Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative (SURPIN) on Saturday said more women attempt suicide than men. Tade made the assertion while delivering a lecture titled, ‘Depression,…
Suicide: Sniper still on sale despite ban
Sellers of sniper insecticide across are yet to comply with the Federal Government directive banning its sale across the counter except for industrial use. Investigations by our correspondents showed that…
How my son, a final year student of UNN, committed suicide – Mother
Samuel Elias, 25, a final year student of Department of Religion and Culture, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has allegedly committed suicide by drinking Sniper. The mother of the deceased,…