Mr. and Mrs. Lagbaja are both retired civil servants and proud parents of 4 successful childrenwho are professionals with well paid jobs all over the world. They felt fulfilled and... read more →
Nigeria has been struggling with the Lunacy Law originally of 1908 and subsequently of 1958which does not protect the fundamental human rights of citizens with mental health challengesand deprives them... read more →
When Tunde was laid off from his job at a thriving tech company in Lagos, it felt like hisworld had crumbled. The financial pressures, coupled with the societal expectations to"always... read more →
A popular Nollywood actress was reported to have expressed the opinion that mental illnessesare more spiritual than physical in 2022. This comment by the popular Nollywood actresstriggered some controversy and... read more →
Adesola (not real name) was a brilliant 400L Engineering student at a federal university when he had todrop out on account of his mental health struggles. He was clearly unable... read more →
The case of a young man in Abuja who attempted suicide on Monday, 8th July 2024 has againbrought to the fore, the urgent imperative for decriminalization of attempted suicide in... read more →
It is always important to recall that the World Health Organization’s definition of health is astate of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. And to remember that these threecomponents of... read more →
Baba Goni is a 42-year-old Bank Manager who has always provided responsibly for his family. He isproud to take care of his parents, younger siblings as well as his wife... read more →
Tunde is the 4 th child of his family and the only male child. His mother doted on him and hisfather took him everywhere. His older sisters were constantly schooled... read more →
Last week, we introduced the concept of stress as ‘connoting the application of a force, whichmay be internal or external, on an object.’ We further established that such a force... read more →