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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 was suddenly stopped by the government.

    “His pay was stopped after proof emerged that he falsified his age records. His confession to the offence is on video to justify government stoppage of his salary, ’’Ogunmola said.

    Soje, a Director in the state Teaching Service Commission was found hanging on a tree at the back of army barracks in Lokoja.

    He was among workers being owed arrears of salaries ranging from two to 21 months by the state government.

    Ogunmola, however, explained that following engagements with the labour which spanned several months, the Kogi governor magnanimously commuted the disciplinary action due against Soje and other certain categories of offenders by granting them pardon.

    “Pardoned members staff were processed for reinstatement and payment in batches. Mr Soje was in the September 2017 batch and he was aware of this fact.

    “The Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, where he worked has forwarded a template for payment to government and Mr Soje was aware that he was listed to receive six months back pay.

    According to her, this leaves only 2 months (August and September) outstanding.

    Ogunmola, who also hailed from Ogori, the same town with the deceased, said government was saddened in no small measure by the alleged action of Soje.

    She described Soje as a level 16 officer and a director in the Kogi State Civil Service.

    She, however, deplored media reports attributing Soje’s alleged decision to commit suicide to non-payment of salary.

    “Edward Soje was not just my staff, he was also married to my sister-in-law. His death is shocking, both as one related to him in some way and one responsible for him in an official capacity.

    “I met with him earlier last week and we discussed his situation, including the progress made in resolving his employment issues.

    “There was no hint of this horrible decision in his demeanour.He did he appear to me as one who was depressed, let alone contemplating suicide. I am, therefore, understandably shocked by all of this.

    “Government condoles with his family, especially his wife and three children. While we will not intrude into their grief over their sad loss, we will stand with them.”

     

  • UPDATE: Man who jumped into Lagos lagoon identified as, Oluseyi Adekunle

    The man who jumped off the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge into the Lagos lagoon on Friday morning has been identified as Oluseyi Adekunle.

    Adekunle, who, appeared to be on his way to work dropped his bag at the rails before taking the plunge into the Lagoon in an apparent suicide bid.

    His ATM card and other items were recovered from the scene of the sad incident, thereby revealing his identity.

    BREAKING: Man allegedly jumps off Lekki bridge into Lagoon [Video]

    Officials of the Lagos Waterways Authority, the state emergency management agency and the marine police rushed to the scene in an attempt to rescue the victim.

    After a four-hour search without recovery of the body, the officials had to call off the joint operation.

    The authorities are still investigating the cause of Adekunle’s action as he is believed to have committed suicide.

    This incident comes barely six months after a medical doctor identified as Allwell Orji jumped to his death from the third mainland bridge into the lagoon.

  • Monkeypox victim commits suicide in Bayelsa

    One of the victims of the viral disease, monkeypox, has committed suicide, the Bayelsa State government confirmed on Monday.

    The victim who reportedly took his own life on Monday at the quarantine centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, located in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.

    Addressing journalists on Monday evening in Yenagoa, the state capital, the Commissioner for Health, Ebitimitula Etebu, said the deceased was among the 21 suspected cases of the virus that were being managed at the teaching hospital.

    Mr. Etebu was joined at the conference by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Medical Director of the NDUTH, Dimie Ogoina, and other senior health officials.

    He expressed regret that the patient took his own life despite impressive progress to stem the outbreak by the government. He said the deceased’s medical history did not suggest any mental illness or features of depression.

    The health commissioner maintained the patient did not die from the disease, adding that the police and his family had been duly informed and all due diligence was being followed to ensure the safe burial of victim.

    Mr. Etebu said that a committee had been put in place to evaluate the deceased’s clinical and social history to shed more light on the tragedy.

    He also formally confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox in the state following laboratory evidence from samples sent to the World Health Organisation in Dakar, Senegal.

     

     

  • Lagos Ministry director commits suicide

    A director in the Ministry of Youth and Social Development in Lagos State, Oludare Buraimoh, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a circumstance which is yet unclear.

    The deceased, a resident of Unity Estate, Phase 11 Gbonagun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, was reported to have killed himself inside his apartment.

    The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said the director took his life a few hours after attending to his son, Dotun, who was down with malaria.

    ”It is true that the man committed suicide shortly after attending to his son, who was sick. The corpse has been deposited in the mortuary as investigation continues,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.

    The police spokesperson said the son of the deceased reported the case at the Obantoko Divisional Police Headquarters.

    The late director’s son said that the incident happened around 4 p.m. after his father gave him a drug to treat malaria.

    “We were both at home. He came to give me a drug and left me (and I was) thinking he was going to retire to his room. But when I did not hear his voice I called him, but got no response,” he said.

    “I, thereafter, went to his room only to find him hanging from the ceiling with a traditional ‘aso oke’ (attire) tied to his neck and a stool with which he committed the suicide,” the son said.

    He said on the discovery of the development, he alerted the neighbours, who in turn, told him to alert the police.

    A visit to the family home of the deceased showed a saddened widow yet to come to terms with the grave loss.

    “I don’t know what came over him, it is inexplicable. We have been surviving through thick and thin and now that we ought to sit down and enjoy after all the years of toiling, he decided to take his life,” the deceased’s wife said.

    “He did not show any sign of depression. ‎ He was in high spirit. What led him to do this remains a riddle,” she said.

     

  • Police arrest man, 31, for attempting suicide in Lagos Lagoon

    A 31-year-old man, Hammed Olojo, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Lagos lagoon was charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday.

    Mr. Olojo was brought before Magistrate O.O.A. Fowowe-Erusiafe on a charge of attempted suicide.

    He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, a police sergeant, told the court that Mr. Olojo committed the offence on August 27 at about noon on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

    Mr. Olatunde said that the accused was apprehended while attempting to jump into the lagoon and was quickly restrained.

    He said the offence contravened Section 235 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Mr. Fowowe-Erusiafe, however, advised the accused that suicide was not the way out and that he should look at the brighter side of life.

    The magistrate admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    She adjourned the case until November 16 for mention.

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  • Man attempts suicide in Ogun over N50,000 loan

    Man attempts suicide in Ogun over N50,000 loan

    Security operatives in Ogun have arrested a man who allegedly attempted to commit suicide over his inability to refund a N50,000 ‘loan.

    The man was arrested by the Anti-Vandal Team of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun Command, while he was trying to hang himself in a bush on Ayetoro Road, Abeokuta.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the man had tied a rope to a tree and was about hanging himself when a member of the NSCDC team saw him.

    The man, a 34-year old father of five, later told newsmen that he worked with Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) in Ogun but was sacked.

    He explained that his inability to perform his responsibility as the head of the family led him to attempt suicide .

     

    He added that his failure to pay the ‘loan from LAPO, a private micro-credit lending organisation, forced him to take the decision to take his life.

    “I am a 200 level drop-out of Federal College of Education, Osiele, I dropped out because I could not get financial assistance to continue.

    “Due to the health problem of my child in 2008, I had to drop out so that I could have some money to take care of my sick child.

    “But, we later lost the child in 2009 because we were unable to pay some hospital bills after people had helped us in raising money for the surgery.

    “I was duped by some people and they even threatened me which made me to leave Abeokuta for Akwa-Ibom state.

    ‘’It was when I came back after a year that I discovered I had been sacked from TRACE.

    “I am frustrated because am owing a lot of people ranging from house bill to electricity bill and some other bills.

    ‘’I am ashamed of myself because am not a responsible man, I cannot cater for my family as a head.

     

    “The LAPO officials have used OPC (Odua Peoples Congress) to arrest my wife because of the money, if not for the help of my pastor.

    ” Am just frustrated because I have to pay N3,000 every Friday and I am presently jobless. And I still have like N24,000 to balance .

    “What added to my conclusion to commit suicide was due to my inability to refund the ‘LAPO’ loan I collected when I wanted to start my tricycle business.

    ” The officials of the LAPO have been giving my family tough times for sometimes now because, I cannot afford to be repaying N3,000 every Friday, “he said.

    He, however, said he regretted his action and wanted a second chance in life./

    “I wish to go back to school; I want the government to help me with a job that can cater for my family and other things that are important, ” the man said.

    Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Ogbonnaya Dyke described it as a crime against the state for someone to try to take his life.

    Dyke added that the suspect would be handed over to the police, after the NSCDC Intelligence Unit had concluded its work.

    “Since the matter is under our Crisis Management Team, we have to swing into action to address the situation.

    ” Necessary actions will be taken by the Corps in addressing the situation. He is going to be handed over to the police after our intelligence Unit has done its work, ” he said.

  • I never said I will commit suicide if Buhari returns – Fayose

    Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has denied ever saying he would commit suicide if President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria arrive.

    Mr. Buhari returned from London, Saturday, where he had been on medical vacation for over 100 days.

    The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi, told newsmen yesterday that the statement was a “creation of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.”

    “Mr. Fayose never said he would commit suicide if the President returns to the country,” he insisted.

    “It is the creation of the APC. It is their style to create such falsehood.”

    He said, instead, the governor had wished the president well and had joined others in praying for him.

    While celebrating the arrival of Mr. President at a rally in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the APC highlighted the alleged vow by Mr. Fayose to commit suicide if the President returned to the country.

    The governor, a vocal critic of the president and his party, the APC, was quoted as saying, “I will commit suicide if Buhari comes back alive.

    Mr. Fayose’s media aides had blamed the rumour on the handiwork of the Buhari propaganda machinery.

    Mr. Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Lere Olayinka, had in his reaction, same day the quote emerged, debunked the statement.

    “Kindly disregard this statement, as it did not emanate from Governor Fayose,” he had said.

    “It is their usual way of shifting the people’s attention from the real question Nigerians are asking, as to the whereabouts of the President. At no time was such statement made by the governor.”

  • Linkin Park albums re-enter top10 after suicide

    Linkin Park albums re-enter top10 after suicide

    As fans mourn the suicide of music star, Chester Bennington,two albums by Linkin Park re-entered the top 10 on the US sales chart.

     

    “One More Light,” the California rockers’ final album, which hit number one when it came out in May, jumped back to number four on the Billboard chart for the week through Thursday.

     

    “Hybrid Theory” — Linkin Park’s debut album, which was the bestselling US album of 2001 and produced angst-ridden hits such as “In The End” — got back to number eight on the latest weekly chart, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

     

    Bennington who had long struggled with drug and alcohol abuse and the trauma of child abuse was found hanging at his Los Angeles home on July 20. He was buried privately on Saturday in Los Angeles, according to social media updates of participants.

     

     

  • [Updated]:8 dead as female suicide bomber attacks Maiduguri mosque

    Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attack in the restive region.

    The head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, said the blast happened at about 5:30 am at Ciki area of Maiduguri, which has been at the epicentre of Boko Haram violence since 2009.

    “She killed eight people and injured 15 others. The mosque was being guarded by civilian JTF (joint task force militia) during prayers,” he told AFP.

    “Unknown to them, the girl was being pursued from another part of town by residents who were suspicious of her movement at the time.

    “When she approached the mosque, they demanded that she stop to be searched but she suddenly bolted into the mosque and set off her bombs.”

    Three other female suicide bombers were located in Maiduguri at about the same time, said Satomi.

    Two were killed in the Mammanti area as they tried to cross the ditch around the city perimeter while another set off her explosives in the suburb of Simari, he added.

    It is the second time in a week that four female suicide bombers have sought to cause carnage in Maiduguri.

    Last Monday, at least 19 people were killed and 23 others injured when four women set off their bombs in the Molai Kolemari area of the city.

    Boko Haram has increasingly used women and young girls as human bombs as they have been forced out of captured territory due to a sustained military counter-insurgency.

    Maiduguri has been repeatedly attacked in recent months, with mosques, markets, camps for those displaced by the conflict and other civilian “soft” targets hit regularly.

  • I almost committed suicide- Ubi Franklin

    CEO TrippleMG Ubi Franklin, dazed his fans on Thursday when he revealed that he almost took his own life.

    Franklin in a statement posted on his Instagram page disclosed how he struggled to overcome the pangs of depression that nearly made him commit suicide.

     

    He noted that during that period, his life took a turn for the worse and he practically lost control of his actions.The record label owner said he was in such a bad shape emotionally that he paid regular visits to the hospital in search of a cure for his depression.

    Franklin added that when his depression got out of hand,he decided to indulge himself by purchasing a state-of-the art car that he had always dreamed of. But the plan failed.

    The respected showbiz personality said his real cure came when he finally realized that he was carrying a “baggage” and all that he needed to do was pray his way out of depression

     

    Hear him: “I was quite depressed and it became so bad that my life began to deteriorate so much that I literally couldn’t eat nor sleep and other members of my family and my close friends became really scared.

     

    “I had thought that the depression would stop at this point, but, to my dismay, it didn’t. Even after I finished paying for my mortgage, it grew worse.

     

    “I was so scared and all I kept saying and asking myself was ‘Who will take care of my son? I got home and started acting in a funny manner. My security guard had already turned on the generator. I screamed at him to turn it off that I needed some peace and quiet. I was in that dark house all by myself and everything was falling part.”

     

    Admonishing his fans, friends and colleagues to fight depression with prayers, he wrote:“Brothers and sisters, I want to admonish you today to pray fervently. Don’t let anything or the Devil to break you. I assure you that some things won’t matter after some time.”

    Ubi Franklin’s depression must have been triggered by the breakup of his marriage to Nollywood actress Lilian Esoro and his separation from long-time friend and business partner ,Inyanya.