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  • Man commits suicide over girlfriend’s refusal to elope with him

    A Zimbabwean man, Shupikai Chikuvira, 29, committed suicide after his girlfriend refused to run away with him.

    Chikuvira’s body was discovered hanging near a footpath in Mutawatawa, Zimbabwe by villagers, who called the police to the scene, reports Bulawayo 24.

    Mashonaland East acting provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Tendai Mwanza, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. He said, “We are investigating the case of a man who hanged himself in Mutawatawa on August 4 after he allegedly had a misunderstanding with his lover. We urge people to exercise restraint and solve their misunderstandings amicably. It is, therefore, regrettable that a life was lost,” he said.

    According to the police, Chikuvira visited his girlfriend, who was panning for gold along Mazowe River on August 4, and proposed that she elopes with him.

    She, however, turned down the proposal, saying her parents had not approved of their relationship.

    In a fit of rage, Chikuvira left the scene threatening to commit suicide and was later found hanging from a tree along a pathway leading to Chitsungo business centre.

  • 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 earlier drunk water mixed with cement in an earlier attempt to kill himself before jumping into the well.

    Top management staff of local governments in Ekiti State has being paying condolence visit to Bamisaye’s home.

    Sympathizers have been trooping to his residence to commiserate with the widow and other members of the family.

    Activities were said to have been grounded at Ise/Orun Local Government secretariat when the report of Bamisaye’s death filtered in from Ado-Ekiti.

    The cause of the suicide could not be immediately ascertained.

    Bamisaye was said to be the third senior management staff that would die in Ise/Orun Local Government Council this year as two other directors had died before him in mysterious circumstances.

    A source said: “The deceased woke up at about 4.00 am to assist his wife to do some house chores and even called some council workers he used to convey to Ise every day to be ready to join him to their station.

    “All of a sudden, he disappeared and went outside with the wife looking for her. Later she discovered that the well was opened and they saw the body floating.

    “The wife and other people who joined her searching later saw the cement he had mixed with water which he might have taken before taking the plunge into the well.

    “The men of the State Fire Service had come to remove the corpse which has since been deposited at the mortuary.”

    Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was not available for comment as his phone was switched off.

  • 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 confirmed on Sunday that the news went round the area on Thursday that 32-year-old Tolulope hung himself.

    Recall that his mother, Olufunke Kolawole, was abducted on her way to Abuja on an official assignment and eventually killed in Kogi State last year.

    Her son, Tolulope, who left a wife behind, was said to have complained bitterly about the downward in the farm he was managing.

    A resident of the area, who identified himself as Remi Taiwo, explained that the deceased had a friend in Ibadan, Oyo State, who he confided in that he was finding things very tough and that his wife had complained bitterly about it.

    He said, “The friend, whose name I can’t recall, was said to have been very helpful with monetary support and had warned him against taking any negative step to finding a solution to his challenge.”

    A police source also confirmed the incident to on the telephone, said the case was reported at the Dada Estate Police Station, before it was transferred to the Osun State Police Command in Osogbo.

    The source said, “The young man was said to have lamented the lull in the business bequeathed to him by his late mum.

    “He was said to be constantly complaining to one of his friends in Ibadan, Oyo State, and that one kept encouraging him and offering him financial support.

    “But he decided to hang himself when he could no longer bear it.

    He was said to have put a rope round his neck and was standing on a chair, but had not kicked the chair away before somebody arrived at the scene.

    “ The person was said to have pleaded with him and had ran to call residents, but the deceased was said to be found dangling before help could come.”

    The police source said some members of the family of the deceased went to the police and told them what they knew about the incident.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Osun State, Mrs Folasade Odoro, could not be reached and she had yet to reply the text message sent to her about the case.

     

  • 639 farmers commit suicide due to crop failure

    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 cope up with the extensive costs of agriculture have collectively lead to the problem of farmer suicide in India.

    The state of Maharashtra recorded the highest number of suicides after which came Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

    Out of these 639 farmers, 188 were declared eligible for compensation as per government schemes, based on the government’s criteria of crop failure, debts and their failure to repay loans, From which 188, families have received compensation.

    The Minster also noted that 122 cases were ineligible for compensation and 329 cases were pending for investigation.

    The opposition political party had demanded to know the number of families where farmers had committed suicide over the last three months and wanted to know the measures that were being taken to help then. It is important to acknowledge that many policies of the government such as the loan waiver, crop loss compensation, and minimum support process may not be reaching out to farmers who are in dire need of these supports.

    The rampant agricultural crisis is one of the major reasons why in the last year alone 1,500 farmers have committed suicide.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely to seek re-election next year, has promised to double the income of farmers by 2022 and launched a $1.3-billion insurance scheme to protect millions of them.

  • 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 human life.

    “The problem in Nigeria if I might add is not solely based on the inadequacies or inability of the security agencies. I would say if I’m allowed is based on the “blatant disregard for Every Human Life”.

    “If each life matters, the Federal government would have taken the necessary actions years ago to contain and resolve these matters which sadly go beyond the issue with the Fulani herdsmen.

    “Youths are dying due to drug addiction, unemployment and suicide rate on the increase. Boko Haram still a threat to stability in the Northern region,” he said.

    He went further to stated that “Individual Nigerians must also be accountable to each life matters”.

    “We are our brothers’ keeper. We shouldn’t just talk about these atrocities and be scandalized for a few weeks and then move on to the next topic.

    “We all collectively have to cry out, get the international community’s attention and hold all legislators (local and federal) accountable until satisfactory results obtained.

    “Underperforming officials must never be rewarded but dealt with swiftly and efficiently to ensure the preservation and respect for human life.

    “If you have value for life please help spread each life matter,” he concluded.

     

  • Suicide bomber kills four in Konduga

    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 Mashimari in the Konduga Local Government Area on May 27, killing the four people.

    Mr Chukwu said two of the dead were civilians. He, however, did not explain the identities of the other victims.

    According to him, the bombers managed to sneak into Mashimari, a community near an Internally Displaced Persons Camp and detonated their IED.

    He said the Police Explosive Ordinance Device Corps had been deployed to the area.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Konduga has seen countless bloody attacks by insurgents since insurgency hit Nigeria’s expansive northeast almost a decade ago.

    On Feb. 17 this year, 22 people were killed in a bomb attack at a fish market in Konduga, one of the deadliest incidents in the recurring bloodbath in the town.

    The jihadists, who are fighting to enthrone a strict Islamic state, have killed thousands of people, ruining the economy of the northeast and displacing millions of people.

    But federal troops have decimated the fighters, making the insurgents to resort to attacking soft targets in various communities from time to time.

  • Man, 46, commits suicide few days to father’s burial

    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 expected to attend his father’s funeral next Friday.

    Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ika Local Government Musa Rilwanu has visited the scene of the suicide.

    Village Head Chief Sunday Thomas Mbaba described the incident as shocking.

    He said: “Early this morning, a youth, Philip, informed me about the incident. I later went to the police station to inform the DPO.”

    An indigene said the deceased packed into the building two weeks ago.

    He said it was sad that he committed suicide, leaving his poor aged mother and relatives.

    Police spokesman Odiko MacDon said he was not aware of the incident.

    He said: “We will investigate the matter.”

  • 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 the capsule, clients can click a button and the canister of nitrogen inside will be released to fill the capsule,’’ Nitschke said.

    According to Nitschke, the person inside will soon loses consciousness and passes away.

    At the annual Funeral Expo in central Amsterdam on Saturday, the model was displayed with a virtual reality headset that enabled visitors to feel what it was like to sit inside.

    Nitschke planned to launch the machine, which could be 3D-printed and assembled anywhere in the world, in 2019.

    However the device has triggered a controversy over the morality and legal implications of committing suicide.

    Pro-life organisations are warning that the machine could cause a huge spike in suicides.

    Nancy Valko, a spokesperson for National Association of Pro-life Nurses in Missouri, whose daughter committed suicide after reading a book that discusses the “practicalities of self-deliverance”, told British Daily Mail that assisted suicide is open to abuse.

  • 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 would be spending another session in school.

    It was gathered that this was the second time the victim would be repeating the class.

    Some students of the department who spoke on anonymity confirmed the sad incident, saying that the deceased had been depressed after discovering he had been put on probation for another academic session.

    Efemena, who was the eldest child of his parents, was said to have also received some query from his father on his poor result.

    Sources said the deceased was found dead in his room in the hostel where he lived. He was said to have been rushed to the university health centre where he was pronounced dead.

    A lecturer of the institution who also confirmed the incident said medical report indicated that the student took substances believed to be sniper.

    It added that upon a check on his apartment, two empty containers of the product were discovered, confirming the report of the doctors.

    Another student who simply identified herself as Amaka, said, “He was previously in class the day he died. He looked very happy and he exchanged jokes with his course mates. Some of his friends were even with him at home but after they left, he drank sniper and died.”

    Amaka added that the deceased had since been buried on Thursday.

    When contacted, DELSU’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Freeborn Aganbi, neither confirmed nor denied the incident. He, however, asked our correspondent to give him some time to provide details.

    Aganbi did not call back several hours after he was contacted. Efforts to contact him again also proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.

    Similarly, the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Andrew Aniamaka, said although he read about the incident on the social media, the matter was not reported to the police in Abraka.

    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 would be spending another session in school.

    It was gathered that this was the second time the victim would be repeating the class.

    Some students of the department who spoke on anonymity confirmed the sad incident, saying that the deceased had been depressed after discovering he had been put on probation for another academic session.

    Efemena, who was the eldest child of his parents, was said to have also received some query from his father on his poor result.

    Sources said the deceased was found dead in his room in the hostel where he lived. He was said to have been rushed to the university health centre where he was pronounced dead.

    A lecturer of the institution who also confirmed the incident said medical report indicated that the student took substances believed to be sniper.

    It added that upon a check on his apartment, two empty containers of the product were discovered, confirming the report of the doctors.

    Another student who simply identified herself as Amaka, said, “He was previously in class the day he died. He looked very happy and he exchanged jokes with his course mates. Some of his friends were even with him at home but after they left, he drank sniper and died.”

    Amaka added that the deceased had since been buried on Thursday.

    When contacted, DELSU’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Freeborn Aganbi, neither confirmed nor denied the incident. He, however, asked our correspondent to give him some time to provide details.

    Aganbi did not call back several hours after he was contacted. Efforts to contact him again also proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.

    Similarly, the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Andrew Aniamaka, said although he read about the incident on the social media, the matter was not reported to the police in Abraka.

  • 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 his wife who had travelled to Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo.

    His brother, Mika Ngwenya, found him helplessly dangling from the roof around 6.30am.

    “His wife left for Bulawayo at 5am and told me to check on him. I went there around 6.30am and was shocked when I saw him already dead,” he said.

    Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Province, Inspector Siphiwe Makonese, said she was yet to receive the report from the wife of the deceased.

    Iharare.com