Tag: suicide
16 killed as bombs rock Damaturu
At least 16 people were reportedly killed on Wednesday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up around Ministry of…
Stowaway in Medview aircraft charged with attempted suicide
A 24-year-old man, Festus Chikeluba, alleged to have hidden inside an aircraft tyre compartment, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja…
Prophet Commits Suicide Inside Kirikiri Prison
Cyriacus Izuekwe A prophet, Destiny Onwudinjo, of Heaven Divine Ministry, in Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, has committed…
Woman Commits Suicide After Delivering Twins For Secret Lover
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 38-year-old housewife, impregnated by her married secret lover committed suicide after she gave birth to twins in…
Final year UNIBEN Law student hangs self
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A final-year law student of the University of Benin, (UNIBEN), identified as Daniel Iyoha, has allegedly committed suicide…
Buruji Kashamu threathens to commit suicide
Buruji Kashamu, Ogun East senator-elect, has threatened to commit suicide if men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…
French senator kills himself before ‘Chinese wedding’ trial
A French senator and former mayor of Tours, due to stand trial in a corruption case over fake Chinese wedding…
S. Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide
South Korea has developed smartphone apps to help bring down its high student suicide rate by warning parents when their…
Teenage Apprentice Commits Suicide
Yusuf Muhammed A 15-year-old boy, Hassan Yahaya, an apprentice with Ola Oluwa Furniture Building Contractor at 15, Olufunmilola George Crescent,…
Suicide bomber kills four at Potiskum bus station
A suicide bomber killed four people and wounded dozens Sunday in an attack at a bus station in Potiskum, northeastern…
Man beheads wife, 3 year old daughter, commits suicide
A farmer, Olubusayo Sunday, 46, on Wednesday, committed suicide after beheading his wife and daughter. In a statement issued by…
French woman ‘commits suicide’ by locking herself in freezer
A 57-year-old Frenchwoman who said she was suffering from “devastating loneliness” has been found dead in her freezer in an…
Police Officer’s Husband Commits Suicide
Yusuf Muhammed The husband of a serving female police sergeant attached to Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…
Alamieyeseigha’s son commits suicide in Dubai
The death has been announced of Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha, son of former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Oyamuyefa died…
Woman Hangs Self In Public
Olawore Rukayat The body of an unidentified woman of about 30 years old was found dangling from a tree at…
‘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…