Tag: Cultism
IG sends crack squad to tackle cultism, violent crimes in Edo
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has dispatched a special crack squad to Edo to tackle the spate of…
Cultism not part of Edo’s tradition – Edebiri
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former governorship candidate of the ANPP in Edo state, Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri, has decried the recent upsurge…
Police IG, Arase set to crackdown on cultists
The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Solomon E. Arase has expressed concern about the activity of cult groups in Benue,…
I’m Neither A Cultist Nor An Armed Robber —Aeroland
Jamiu Yisa The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the coming general elections, Segun Adewale,…
Edo police command threatens to arrest, prosecute cult group leaders
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, has threatened to henceforth arrest and prosecute leaders of the…
Father of three, 12 others killed in cult rivalry in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Thirteen persons, including a 33-year-old father of three, have been reportedly killed in renewed violent rivalry between members…
Politicians Aid Cultism, Says LASU VC
Eromosele Ebhomele The Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, Professor John Obafunwa, has heaped the major blame for…
Cultism: Yabatech Warns Students
Authorities of the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) in Lagos on Wednesday warned students against participating in cultism, gangsterism and…
Another Uniben Student Shot Dead
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Less than two weeks after a 300 level student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, was gruesomely murdered at…
Why I Killed My Father Over Cigarette —Son
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 22-year-old man, Bestman Momodu, has confessed that he killed his father over a missing stick of cigarette.…
Teenagers Arrested For Cultism In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nine teenagers were among 15 persons arrested by the Edo State Police Command for practicing cultism in the…
Police deploy anti-cult unit over cult clash in Ahoada
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Tunde Ogunsakin, said on Friday that the Anti-Cult Unit of the command had deployed…
Redemption Camp Tragedy: Why Son Killed Redeemed Pastor
Damilare Okunola & Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fresh facts have emerged on why Tolani Ajayi, a 300 Level undergraduate, allegedly stabbed his…
2 Killed, 1 Beheaded In Ogun Cult Clash
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two people have been killed during a cult clash that occurred in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State,…
63 Cult Members Arrested
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested 63 persons, suspected to be members of ‘Black Axe,’ a cult group. DSP…
Boko Haram: The Truth Is Bitter
By Raymond Oise-Oghaede There is no gainsaying the fact that many Nigerians and international friends of the country have joined…
Jilted Cultist Rapes, Kills Girlfriend
An alleged cultist has been arrested for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death after raping her. The suspect, Anuoluwapo Akinloye, 25,…
I8 students arrested over cultism
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta No fewer than 18 students of two public secondary Schools in the western Nigerian state of Ogun…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Imo varsity vows to publish names of cultists
Nigeria’s Imo State University, Owerri, on Monday said it would release the names of students to be expelled from the…
14 Suspected Cult Members Arrested
By Emmanuel Una/Calabar Police operatives attached to the Quick Intervention Squad on Saturday arrested 14 persons at different locations in…
Youths Urged To Shun Cultism, Drugs
Chairman, Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Princess Ramota Adeyeri-Oseni has advised children and youths to shun wayward…
19 students arrested for cultism in Ekiti
The police in the Nigerian western State of Ekiti Monday arrested 19 students of All Souls’ Anglican Grammar School, Ado Ekiti,…
Police Arrest Students For Cultism
The Police in Lagos have arrested two students of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, over alleged cultism and attempted…
Lagos Council Hires Hunters As Guards
Chairman, Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Badagry, Lagos, South West Nigeria, Mr. Bolaji Roberts, says his administration has recruited…
Poly Student Charged With Cultism
A Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTEC) student, Kehinde Adewole was on Monday arraigned at an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for alleged…
NANS Begs Fashola, Daniel To End Lecturers’ Strike
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to Governors Babatunde Fashola and Gbenga Daniel of Lagos and Ogun states,…
Much Ado About Cultism
What on earth could have been the cause of this modern madness called cults? I have observed with disdain the…
YQ, MM, Others Storm Ilorin
Hip hop music stars, YQ, Sauce Kid, Skuki, MM and others, will tomorrow storm Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for…