Saturday, 10/9/22 was the global suicide prevention day, as it has been over the years. To mark that day, Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Representative in Nigeria, revealed that at least 700,000 suicides were recorded annually (about once every 40 seconds).
This is an improvement on the earlier record in
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I.K Muo
Socio-Political Commentator