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FMC Staff Commits Suicide
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Acting Head of the Audit Department, Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Mr Oluwaseun Adeniyi has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Head of Public Relations and Communication, FMC Abeokuta, Mr Segun Orisajo, who confirmed the incident expressed the Management’s…
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Provide emotional support when necessary – Police
By Olusegun Folarin Police have encouraged residents of Ogun state to give necessary support and seek experts’ assistance for their family members whose relatives or loved ones required emotional support. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu stated this in a statement while reacting to the death of a 49 year old woman, Mrs Idowu…
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Life Matters, Do Not Take It
By Taiwo Akinola Life is a special gift from God. It is beautiful than it could ever be imagined, irrespective of the up and the hills of it. Therefore, giving up in whatever circumstance is not the decision to take realizing that, ‘When there is life, there is hope’. But, when you give it all…
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Her Parents Had Wrong Idea of Showering Love Until She Committed Suicide
…Must Read For Every Parent By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan “Dear Mum, it’s with a heavy heart that I’m writing this note, knowing the pain it is going to cause you. Mum, I want you to know that I love you dearly and if given the opportunity to live again, I will still choose you as mum…
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Tunisia Footballer Sets Self Ablaze
A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he said was a protest against the “police state” ruling the country, his brother said Friday. Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns from his action in the village of Haffouz in the central region of Kairouan, his brother Ryad…
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Suicide: Never a Solution, Just a Waste of a Potentially Great Life
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” Laurell K. Hamilton Such is the quiet path that leads to Suicide, Depression, and Early grave; you never can tell whether a loved one is treading on that path. However, there is hope even in that hopeless…
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U S Based Nigerian Commits Suicide After Shooting Wife, Grandmother
A Nigerian man, Obinna Igbokwe, on Thursday died by suicide after shooting his wife, Tangela, and grandmother in Texas, United States of America. NBC reported that Igbokwe left home with his three-month-old son, after shooting both women in their heads on Wednesday. Though the wife is critically injured and hospitalised, her grandmother died from the…
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Suicide! Is it the Answer?
In this peice, Anthonia Akanji writes on ways of discouraging suicide in the society. A quote by an anonymous author says “suicide doesn’t end the chances of life getting worse, it eliminates the possibility of it ever getting any better” Suicide is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die over various issues.…
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OAU Staff Commits Suicide after Notifying Family
A staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, identified as Fisayo Oyeniyi has committed suicide in his residence. Report indicates that Oyeniyi, who was one of the armed guards in the security department, sent a suicide note to his mother, wife and children informing them that he was fed up of life, before hanging himself in…
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Middle Aged Man Commits Suicide in Osogbo
A middle aged man identified as Tayo Olatunji has committed a suicide at Oke Opo area of Ilesa, Osun State. Tayo Olatunji who was a barber until his death was said to have been reported missing since Sunday morning when he left home without telling his pregnant wife his destination. Report says that residents of…
