A trader, Funmilola Adeodu, has committed suicide in Ilogbo-Eremi, in the Morogbo area of Lagos State. The 28-year-old mother of two was said to have taken a local insecticide, Sniper, to spite her mother, Ifatunmibi Adegbenle, for allegedly maltreating her…
Suicide attack on Kabul election workers kills one (Punch)
A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday killed at least one person and injured six, officials said, in the latest violence to strike the controversial poll. There was no immediate claim of responsibility…
Why this High Rate of Marital Infidelity and Suicides In Nigeria? – Magnus Onyibe
Anything that pushes a human being to take his/her own life by taking a plunge into the ocean with the sole intention of dying or stabbing/shooting/poisoning a fellow human being to death must be very tense and grave. That’s simply…
Don’t say madness, say mental health illness-Emeka Nwolisa
Today, I want to shake table well-well. Apologies to RantHQ group on facebook. And this table that is shaking…I am standing on it gidigbam and nothing do me. It is truly time to begin to talk about issues concerning mental…
Why are our teenagers committing suicide?-Peju Akande
Sixteen is the age most of us fall in love for the first time but at this age, Joseph, not real name, who outwardly appeared to have a comfortable life in a prestigious school took his own life. Boye, not…
Husband of late banker releases wife’s ‘suicide note’ (Punch)
Umukoro Akpobaro, the husband of late bank worker, Peace, who allegedly committed suicide at their home at Iwhrekpokpor, Ughelli, Delta State, has denied having a hand in her death. This is just as the deceased’s family accused Umukoro of masterminding…