The Nigerian Army says a soldier, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, has allegedly killed his wife before taking his own life. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, Capt. Stephen Nwankwo, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. According to him, the tragic incident occurred on Oct. 11 at the Corporals and…
The 444th Combat Brigade, one of the key military units aligned with Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Unity, has come under attack in the town of Bani Walid. According to a statement released by the brigade, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside its headquarters on Tuesday. Images published online showed the aftermath of…
Nigerian experts in psychiatry, neurosurgery, and child neurology are urging urgent reforms as suicide and traumatic brain injury devastate the nation’s youth and cripple its workforce. During a webinar on Wednesday by the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria, experts warned that suicide and brain trauma are silent epidemics threatening Nigeria’s development and youth. Prof Taiwo…
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that struck Konduga in north-eastern Borno State, describing the attack as a “cowardly and desperate act” by terrorist elements targeting soft civilian locations. The condemnation came in an official statement issued on Sunday by the President’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga. Tinubu expressed heartfelt condolences to the…
Mental health advocates have called for enhanced health services, awareness and support to combat incidences of suicide in the country. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja in commemoration of the 2024 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD). Annually marked on Sept. 10 around the…
Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had attempted to halt the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint at speed, a police spokesman said. The al-Shabaab Islamist terrorist group claimed responsibility….
