LASU Final Year Student has committed suicide. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a final-year student of the Lagos State University (LASU) simply identified as Adeola on Thursday committed suicide by taking popular insecticide, Sniper. According to SaharaReporters, sources at the institution disclosed that Adeola was depressed following her inability to pay her school fees which prevented her from taking … Read more
On getting there, the roommate saw them lifeless. Tai Solarin University of Education(TASUED) Ijagun in Ogun State has lost two students to the cold hands of death. A female student and her male colleague have died after they accidentally took a substance presumed to be sniper. The names of the affected students are yet … Read more
It is reported that the victim bought insecticide and used it in her food after she failed in her attempt to stop her husband from marrying a second wife. A 20-year-old wife, Dausiyya Dahiru has attempted to commit suicide after she was divorced by her husband in Jigawa State. The incident happened at Roni town, … Read more
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to refrain from the use of Sniper and other brands of “Dichlorvos” (DDVP) in the preservation of foodstuffs. NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, reiterated the dangers inherent in the continuous misuse and misapplication of Sniper and other brands of Dichlorvos … Read more
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of snipers insecticide, a product currently used to commit suicide. This followed a motion sponsored by Senator Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the rising incidence of suicides among Nigerians. Orji, while making his presentation noted with grave concern, … Read more