“if you attend a school where first-class is what they say you can’t attain. If you attend a school where lecturers threaten you with marks. If you attend a school where nothing ever encourages you. If you attend a school where exam is prioritized than the knowledge. If you attend a school where your involvement in extracurricular activities is set to dent you. If you attend a school where the only encouragement you get is your parent’s pocket money. If you attend a school where lecturers read out notes but can’t practice what they teach. If you are in a school where hardship is first-class. If you attend a school where everyone struggles with everything. If you attend a school where lecturers don’t see the good in you. If you attend a school where carryovers and spillovers are the order of the day.” “If you attend a school where your grades are been moderated. If you attend a school involved in threats than students building. If you attend a school where you keep silent at everything or get your certificate seized. If you attend a school where you appear before panels but never given the chance to speak. If you attend a school where you feel you aren’t in school. Remember you are in control. They intimidate you to a height of fear, just keep pushing.” – Ikunlajolu Adesola, Campus Journalist, AAUA. According to the English dictionary, depression is a psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of low morale or unhappiness which last longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. Depression can further be defined to be a state of sadness, mental, emotional and physical discomfort that leads to undesirable actions. There have been several cases of depression been reported across the country. According to a report from World Bank dated Feb 2018, 22% of Nigerians suffer from chronic depression. On July 29, 2018, Spectacular index published a World Health Organization research that ranked suicide per 100,000 per country. Nigeria placed fifth with 15,000 suicides in every 100,000 suicides. These figures are worrisome; the causes of depression can however be tagged to so many factors such as conflict, death or loss, illness, personal problems to mention but a few. Students of tertiary institutions have been a major target of depression lately. There have been different reports coming out from renowned tertiary institutions about students who have succumbed to depression and found different means of ending it, some of which includes taking harmful substance thereby leading to death. Depression is striking undergraduates who are the country’s hope of tomorrow and suicides have been an antidote to this fast rising sickness. The tertiary institution is a world of learning and an environment for grooming minds to be prepared emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually among others. This fast rising reports of depression is a threat to the features and competency of our Institutions. The height at which students depression is been reported on regular basis is extremely dangerous even to the growth of our country if efforts to reduce it to a minimum stage is not made According to a report from OAU KILONSHELE, a campus news outfit in Obafemi Awolowo Univerisity, two students committed suicide while three suffered mental health challenges in the last three semesters of the institution owing to poor academics. On the 19th of April, 2019, Punch reports that a 100 level students of Kogi state University committed suicide over “boyfriend”. Another worrisome case was reported of a 100 level student of university of Portharcourt who committed suicide over an “unknown reason”. A lot of similar cases have also been reported from different tertiary institutions across the country. We are left with different questions as to why suicide has become the next treatment for students who are facing hard times in school, whether academically or socially. The truth is that having seen the rise of depression among 21st century students, the school management and Government are yet to raise an eyebrow on this worrisome issue. However, it is pertinent to know that one of the primary duties of the Management is to safe guard its students. Some academic variables are risk factors of depression. Poor learning atmosphere, bad communication relationship between students and management, student’s victimization, extortion, lack of social activities, unbalanced academic timetable, school laws among others are seen to be some of the reasons for depression among students. The Management decision is binding on all students and such decision has a way of affecting the healthy stay of students.