This followed the death of a woman who jumped into the Lagos lagoon yesterday , which raised the number of deaths by suicide to 80 in the last one year .

Nigerians have continued to lament the increasing number of suicide cases in the country and have urged government at all levels to take drastic measures to curb the trend .

A World Health Organisation (WHO )’s suicide ranking , showed that 800, 000 people die globally from suicide every year , with 15 . 1 suicides per 100, 000 people annually , Nigeria now ranks the 30th most suicide -prone country out of 183 nations in the world .
Nigeria is also ranked the 10 th African country with a higher rate of suicide , leading countries like


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