Mental Health Hotlines
Nigerian Mental Health Helplines
Government Sponsored
National Emergency Hotline
Number: 112
Description: The 112 number serves to provide a national number to Nigerians who are in need of health-related emergencies or need access to Emergency Response Agencies (ERAs) in life-threatening situations.
Cost: Toll-free, 24/7
Specification: All forms of emergency situations such as road accidents, fire outbreaks, burglary, medical emergencies, etc.
Number: 767
Cost: Toll-free, 24/7
Specification: All forms of emergency interventions
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Number: 08006472428
Description: The Commission serves as an extra-judicial mechanism for the respect and enjoyment of human rights. It also provides avenues for public enlightenment, research, and dialogue in order to raise awareness on Human Rights issues.
Cost: Toll free
Specification: Human Rights Violations
Lagos Suicide Hotlines, by the Lagos State Government
Numbers: 08058820777, 09030000741
Cost: Toll-free, 24/7
Specification: Suicide intervention
Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative (SURPIN)
Numbers: 09080217555 (9mobile), 09034400009 (MTN)
08142241007 (Hausa), 08000787746 (toll free)
Description: SURPIN is the most structured and comprehensive national suicide prevention organization in Nigeria, established for the purpose of suicide prevention through research, promotion of mental well-being, crisis intervention, health education, early treatment of depression and drug abuse.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Cost: Toll free
Specification: Suicide interventions
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
Number: 0800 1020 3040
Description: The vision of the NDLEA is to become the most proactive and leading Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Africa and one of the best in the world. They have launched the NDLEA Call Centre which is manned by a team of licensed and credible clinical psychologists, counsellors, support workers and mental health professionals who provide the needed support for recovery from substance abuse.
Location: Nationwide
Cost: Toll free, 24/7
Specification: Support for substance abuse available in English, Pidgin,
Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo languages.
Nonprofit Organizations
Number: 0800 800 2000
Description: She Writes Woman is creating a Nigeria where people with mental health conditions fully realize their fundamental human rights on an equal basis and where people that interact with mental health services are treated with dignity and liberty. Through services and programming, they create better lives for Nigerians by improving the way they think, feel and behave.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Cost implications: Toll free, 24/7
Specification: Mental health
Also offers free virtual therapy, here: www.calendly.com/therapySWW
Nigerian Suicide Prevention Initiative Counselling Centre
Numbers: 08062106493, 08092106493, 08092106493
Description: The Nigeria Suicide Prevention (NSP) is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education, and advocacy. NSP’s mission is to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicidal thoughts, raise awareness of mental issues with a view to preventing suicides.
Cost: Toll-free, 24/7
Specification: Suicide interventions
Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI)
Numbers: 08091116264, 08111680686
Description: Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI) is Nigeria’s largest youth-run and youth-focused mental health organization. MANI is a community of young people who champion the fight against mental health-related stigma and create an environment that makes it possible for people to seek care for their mental health without fear of discrimination. MANI is also the largest provider of crisis support services in Nigeria, with direct support given to over 40,000 persons in 4 years of setting up the service, 80% of which are between the ages of 10 and 25.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Cost implications: Toll free, 24/7
Specification: Mental health
Number: 112
Description: The Sunshine Series is driven by a mission to create social change and improve access for all, irrespective of class, gender or socio-economic status.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Cost: Toll free (available for FCT residents), 24/7
Specification: Mental health
Number: 0800 800 8001
Description: The Cece Yara Foundation is a child-centered non-profit organization that works to prevent child sexual abuse and provide access to care, information, protection and emergency intervention for children who are sexually abused or at risk, and their family. The Foundation provides the ideal response to children through a 24-hour free child telephone helpline and its child-friendly Child Advocacy Centre based in Lagos, which provides professional counselling, medical, legal and psycho-social support, as well as referral services.
Cost: Toll Free, 24/7
Specification: Mental health, child sexual abuse
Description: Truthshare is improving the mental health of Nigerians by leveraging technology to provide a safe space where people can openly and anonymously express themselves, share their stories with our supportive community, book therapy sessions with professional therapists and live their best lives. Our suicide helpline is accessible for free on our app. The app allows you to make calls for FREE to our helpline without spending your credit.
The app can be downloaded from the iOS app store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/truthshare/id6476516975 and Google Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ng.com.truthshare
Cost: Toll Free, 24/7
Specification: Suicide prevention
