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By: Adoga Anthony Adehi. In recent times, cases of suicide have been on the increase. There is a very long history of suicide and from many researches conducted so far, there are many types of suicide and reasons why people opted for suicide in the face of great dilemma. Suicide from its etymology is understood to mean self killing or taking one's own life by one's own authority. Many researches have been conducted why some people in the society opted for suicide and from the research it is evident that there are many reasons why people opted for suicide and many types of suicide as well. Some suicides are committed based on religious beliefs or conviction, other are based on personal trait and national purpose. For whatever reason, suicide cannot be the solution to any of our myriad problems.  People have reasons why they opted for suicide, may be because life became unbearable and unpleasant, therefore one decide to take his life. It is imperative to note that life is full of...

  ‌ TITLE: BECAUSE I AM INVOLVED AUTHOR: CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU PAGES: 208 PUBLISHER: SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1989 REVIEWED BY: FRANKLIN CHUKWUEMEKA I ZUNDU. Because I am involved was written by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, some well-known Nigerian military personnel and a politician who played a very significant role in the Nigeria civil war, he was the president of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. Ojukwu was born on the 4th of November, 1933, in Zungeru, in the northern part of the country. In his book which is made up of 17 subheadings, Ojukwu was more of a critic of the Nigerian situation, he wrote on many issues in Nigeria, issues that have been ignored for years, issues no one dares to explore, he opined that Nigeria is crippled by four fears, these fears he conceptualised as fear of change, fear of truth, fear of unity and fear of man. According to him Nigeria lack the will to transform our primordial instincts and create a modern polity, we are so in...