Tag: Suicide
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I contemplated suicide last year- Owen Gee
It is easy to conclude that since comedians make good money and make people happy, they don’t have their own issues. Nigerian comedian, Owen Gee shocked his fans when he revealed at an event on Sunday that he contemplated suicide in 2017. Speaking at the launch of Live and not Die, an initiative…
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Video: Girl asks taxi driver to livestream her committing suicide
A distressing footage showing an 18-year-old girl committing suicide has gone viral after it was livestreamed by her taxi driver. The teenager, whose name is given as Ms. Nittaya Sawatdiwan, took a taxi to the Rama 8 bridge then asked her taxi driver to stop and help livestream the suicide. The taxi driver, Pattharadanai Noomarinart…
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3 killed, 7 Injured as suicide bombers attack Maiduguri IDP Camp
No fewer than three people were killed while seven others sustained injuries following a suicide attack on Monday at an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Pulka, Borno State. Pulka is a town in Gwoza local government of Borno state 135 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to sources at the camp, the…
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Soldier commits suicide in Yobe
A soldier identified as Samaila Gabriel, recently shot himself dead in Yobe state. The deceased with service number 09NA/63/2867 was said to have taken his life out of frustration. According to report, one of Gabriel’s colleagues said he got frustrated as a result of the refusal of the authorities to transfer him out of the…
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N40k debt: Man commits suicide at Lagos Magistrate Court
A man who couldn’t redeem the financial debt he owed someone on committed suicide by jumping from a height to ease his legal struggles. According to reports making rounds on social media, the man allegedly jumped to his death at Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba yesterday. He has been tried for owing a paltry…
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Man owing N300k commits suicide Ibadan
A 57-year old man, Olajire Otunla, on Monday committed suicide by hanging himself over an alleged N300,000 debt. The incident which occured at SW8/634 on Ososami/Oke-Ado road in Ibadan, Oyo State at about 1:30pm left neighbours and other residents in the environs shocked. Speaking with the journalists, his wife, Mrs Monisola Otunla, a food vendor…
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Father of three commits suicide in Ibadan
A 37 years old man, identified as Shina Adebisi, on Tuesday threw his relatives in agony after commiting suicide in Ibadan, Oyo State. As shared by one of the Ibadan media on Facebook, “Ibadankiniso”, Adebisi, an Okada Rider, father of 3 Children and 2 wives hanged himself to death at Okeseni Area of Ibadan. The…
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Suicide: We’ll resist Bello’s attempt to massacre Kogi workers
…as labour leader mobilises against alleged oppression of workers in the state The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday said it will resist attempts by the Kogi State Government to starve its workforce of their entitlements. It, therefore, urged Nigerians to rally round workers especially those in Kogi State by donating relief materials to them.…
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16 killed, 18 others wounded in Maiduguri suicide bomb attacks
The Police Command in Borno on Monday said 16 persons were killed and 18 others sustained injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks at Muna area of Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner, Mr Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident in a text message sent to newsmen in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the incident occurred when a male suicide…
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Suicide: We stopped Soje’s salary because he falsified his age – Kogi Govt
The Kogi State Government on Sunday, admitted that it owed the late Mr Edward Soje eight months of unpaid salary before he committed suicide on Oct.16. The state Head of Service, Mrs Deborah Ogunmola, admitted this in a statement in Lokoja. She said that Soje received his monthly salary up till December 2016 when it…