The Nigerian Mental Health and the Nigeria Suicide Prevention Advocacy Working Group have commended the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for…
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved an amendment to the National Mental Health Act to decriminalise attempted suicide in…
A Professor of Psychiatry at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Taiwo Sheikh, has called for a shift in how society addresses…
A consultant neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Maymunah Kadiri, has identified psychosocial challenges and mental health conditions as major factors contributing to suicide…
An Abuja-based cleric and legal scholar, Rev. Fr. Anthony Azuwike, has raised concerns over the rising cases of suicide among…
An Abuja-based cleric and legal scholar, Rev. Fr. Anthony Azuwike, has described Nigeria’s Mental Health Act, signed into law in…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that more than 720,000 people die by suicide every year, while many more…
Nigeria records about 16,000 suicide deaths every year, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, prompting fresh calls for urgent…
Suicide has quietly emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing Nigerian youths today. Recent reports have shown that…
There is growing tension at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State. This follows a serious incident where a nursing student, Seyi Ogunjobi, reportedly tried to take his own life after being suspended by the hospital’s medical director and provost, Dr. Paul Agboola. The student had earlier complained of threats and intimidation.