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The rates of young people who get depressed are the highest of all psychological disorders among their age group and these disorders affect millions of youngsters. The issue of depression is a major social problem because a depressed person usually has a sense of hopelessness and despair which can lead to suicide. Having a knowledge and awareness on correlates of depression among adolescent will help in preventing depression, and empowering community and schools to developing preventive programmes. The population of the study in total was 5478 which made up the totality of students in the local government and 400 respondents was drawn in strata from the four towns selected. Psychosocial risk factors (low self-esteem and peer pressure) of depression were measured, with a validated scale. Result showed that there was a positive significant relationship between depression and peer pressure …