Tag: suicide
‘One Person Commits Suicide Every 40 Seconds’
One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, an avoidable tragedy that fails to grab attention because of taboos and stigma,…
Robin Williams found hanging from belt – police
First responders called to actor Robin Williams’ home found the Oscar-winning actor dead of an apparent suicide with a belt…
Fresh suicides fuel military service concerns in S. Korea
The South Korean military said Tuesday that two conscripts were found dead in an apparent suicide, the latest in a…
Actor Robin Williams dead from suspected suicide
Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died from suspected suicide on Monday after a battle with depression, triggering an outpouring…
Guard Hangs Self At Mr. Bigg’s
Nkem Taiye-Ulebor & Okanlawon Taiwo Circumstances surrounding the suicide committed by a security guard at the popular eatery, Mr. Biggs,…
How I Almost Killed Myself —Soyinka
Jamiu Yisa Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed how he almost killed himself with a gun out of curiosity at…
Jilted Graduate Commits Suicide
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young graduate, Oluwatosin Otaiku, has stabbed himself to death because he was jilted by his fiancee. The…
Oscar Pistorius a ‘suicide risk’
Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius, on trial over the killing of his girlfriend, is suffering from post-traumatic stress and is a…
Pregnant Woman Commits Suicide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle aged mother of one identified as Ometere Aduga, a 300-level medical student drop-out, has reportedly committed…
Okada Rider Threatens To Kill Self Over Housewife
Moyo Fabiyi A commercial motorcyclist known in local parlance as Okada rider, John Ami Tumba, 27, has reportedly vowed to…
2 Indian cousins commit suicide after gang-rape
Two teenage girls have been found hanging from a tree in a northern Indian village after they were gang-raped by…
Boy, 17, Commits Suicide
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A 17- year old boy identified simply as Efe, from Delta State, reportedly committed suicide Tuesday morning in…
Man jumps to death from Hong Kong skyscraper
A 33-year-old man plunged to his death Tuesday from the roof of a 30-storey building in Hong Kong’s financial district…
Muslim barred from marrying Christian burns to death
A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, a muslim, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, capital of the northern Nigerian…
Good Samaritan Kills Self Over Accusations
A man who aided a senior citizen only to be accused of knocking him down has committed suicide in the…