Tag: Suicide
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Suicide: Ekiti senior LG official jumps into well
Tragedy struck on Monday as a senior local government official, Michael Kayode Bamisaye, alleged committed suicide at his residence in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Bamisaye, who was the Director of Finance in Ise/Orun Local Government Council, Ise-Ekiti, jumped into the well in his compound behind Tinuola Maximum School, off Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti. The deceased had…
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Osun permanent secretary’s son commits suicide over financial incapability
Tolulope Kolawole, the first son of the late Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor of Osun State, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole, has committed suicide. It was gathered that the young man ended his life because he could no longer make ends meet. Residents of the Halleluya Estate in Osogbo, where he lived…
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639 farmers commit suicide due to crop failure
The Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil of India stated that 639 farmers have committed suicide in three months (March to May) this year due to diverse causes such as extensive debt, crop failure and the inability to repay bank loans. The lack of agricultural support prices, inadequate government policy, massive loans and the inability to…
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Melaye gives reason for persistent problem in Nigeria
Member Representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye, has given reason why there is persistent problem in the country. TheNewsGuru reports Melaye said the problem in Nigeria is not solely based on the inadequacies or inability of security agencies. He alludes that the problem is based on the blatant disregard for…
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Suicide bomber kills four in Konduga
Four people have been killed and seven others injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a village, known as…
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Man, 46, commits suicide few days to father’s burial
A 46-year old man, Aniekan Peter Sunday, on Monday committed suicide in his uncompleted building. The incident happened at Otomo in Ika Local Government of Akwa Ibom State. Nobody could say last night why the man committed suicide. It was however learnt that the deceased was the only surviving son of his parents and was…
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Australian doctor, Philip Nitschke unveils suicide machine triggers outrage
“Sarco”, a euthanasia machine that can assist people to kill themselves at the click of a button, has triggered outrage after it was unveiled at a funeral show in Amsterdam recently. The “3D-printed machine” invented by Philip Nitschke, an Australian doctor who has been advocating legalising euthanasia, comes with a capsule and coffin. “Once inside…
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DELSU final year student commits suicide over poor results
A student of the Delta State University, Abraka, has allegedly committed suicide after being handed two semesters extension by the school authorities following his poor results in his final year examination. The deceased, Orumah Efemena, of the Pharmacy Department, was alleged to have ingested two containers of insecticide on Wednesday when he discovered that he…
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51-year-old HIV-positive man allegedly commits suicide
A mentally challenged HIV-positive man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday. The late 51- year-old from Mavikane Village in Zimbabwe was believed to have suicidal tendencies and would regularly threaten to kill himself saying he was tired of regularly swallowing pills. He allegedly hung himself in his own home, in the absence of…
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Attempted suicide: Emirate crew staff hospitalised after jumping off plane
A female member of Emirates Airlines is at a hospital in Entebbe after she jumped off her plane at Entebbe Airport in Uganda, yesterday. The Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority issued a statement saying the lady who they declined to name, was alive and receiving treatment. This was in response to reports making the rounds on…