Tag Archives: suicide

At least 3 in 10 Junior High School (JHS) students have reported attempting suicide in the last 12 months, the Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) has disclosed. GPA revealed this in a statement dated September 9, 2020, in commemoration of the World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2020. The WSPD which falls …

Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, August 8, sentenced five persons to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering a Shell staff, named Anthony Okoro.   The five defendants out of seven persons in suit number PHC/324/2017, are Oluchi Charles (1st defendant), Miracle Anumuna (2nd defendant), …

A 35-year-old man, Akwesi Prince, has allegedly committed suicide in his room at Akapoliso in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti region. Speaking to Adom News’ correspondent, Isaac K. Normanyo, the Assembly member for Akapoliso, who is also the Presiding Member for Obuasi East Assembly, Jeff Adjei, said the man hanged …

A Romantic Relationship between a boy and a girl ended as both committed suicides leaving written notes behind… Both hail from Anambra State in Nigeria. The OSU factor did not allow the love birds to get married, so they decided to end their lives.  

A worker of the Electricity Company of Ghana has hanged himself in a bush at Assin Wiawso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The deceased identified as Kwadwo Asare 36, hails from Nsawam in the Eastern Region but lives and works in one of the branches of …

A young man on Facebook with the username Michael Dabi has narrated how a young disabled man called Kingsley Kwaku Gyekye, aka Amount who Is his mate from St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast committed suicide because he couldn’t stand the mockery anymore. According to Michael, Amount was crippled in his …

A 17 years old girl has allegedly committed suicide at Mpasaaso NO_ 2 in Ahafo ano South west district in the Ashanti Region. The deceased whose name was given as Rita Amapofo aka Adwoa Fordjour, was found hanging in a room by some members in the community on Saturday August …

A 20-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide at Assin Akropong in the Central region. The deceased whose name was only given as Paa Kow was found hanging in a room by his friend on Saturday August 15,2020. It is not clear yet what might have compelled the deceased to take …

Information trickling from Aboabu No4, a Community at Dormaa Central isn’t pleasant to the ears. An old man 65 identified as Kwaku Abu, butchered his wife Rosina Takyiwaa to dead, wounded his only beloved daughter Augusta severely and committed suicide to save himself for being sentenced to jail. According to …

An 18-year-old JHS 3 student, known as Paa Kwabena, has committed suicide at Assin Akropong in the Assin Central District of the Central Region. He was found hanging with a sponge tied to his neck from the window rod of his house around Saturday Evening. It is not known what …