A 35-year-old woman, Maryam Aminu has set herself afire after accusing her boy friend of cheating in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa. Mr Adamu Shehu, Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, confirned the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Mr Olona Oluwapelumi, a third year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has allegedly committed suicide at his off-campus lodge in Akure. Joseph, who was in FUTA’s Department of Industrial Design, allegedly took his life by hanging, for reasons suspected to be connected to depression and financial...
Many have argued that actress Moesha Budoung sacrificed herself by boldly coming out to admit she had enhanced her body. This move encouraged many women who didn’t feel comfortable in their bodies to follow suit by undergoing surgeries to enhance their buttocks, hips and waist to appear more curvier...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a social media campaign to raise awareness on mental health illness, believed to account for up to 11 per cent of risk factors associated with suicide. WHO, in a statement on Thursday, stated that Africa had the highest suicide rate in the...
A student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi has allegedly committed suicide in the Nigeria security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) cell in Kebbi State. According to The Nation report, the student identified as Victor Musa from Zuru local government area of the state, committed the act with a razor...
Nigerian Comedian and Actor, Real Warri Pikin, sat with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude and founder of Joy, Inc., to share her attempted suicide story due to a 22 million naira debt, her acting stint in King of Boys movie part one, and the fraud allegation levelled against her....
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday said a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2. The State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, disclosed...
Disgraced RnB singer, R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at the federal detention facility in Brooklyn after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. His lawyers who disclosed that the singer will be suing the federal prison housing him, insisted...
A man who is yet to be identified man has been rescued by patrol officers of the Lekki Concession Company after he attempted to jump into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge on Wednesday. In a video posted by the company on its Twitter handle, the man...
Nollywood actor-turned-lawyer, Kanayo O Kanayo recently relived memories of his childhood, recalling how he almost committed suicide while living with his elder brother in Enugu. The actor made this startling revelation in an interview Vanguard. He said then he used to hawk Agidi on the streets of Enugu and...