Tag: cultists
11 arrested in Kwara over cult-related killings
The police in Kwara have arrested 11 suspects over cult-related killings and clashes in the state, the News Agency of…
Army issue ultimatum to cultists in Rivers
The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has warned cultists terrorising some Rivers communities to desist forthwith or face the…
Cultists set one ablaze, shoot 2 others dead in Benin
Renewed cult restiveness in Benin, capital of Edo State, has resulted in the killing of three persons between last Friday…
How I shot policeman, killed 2 cultists –Suspect
Nurudeen Kazeem, the alleged robbery suspect, who was last week arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of…
22,430 repentant cultists surrender arms in Rivers
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Monday that the State’s amnesty programme witnessed 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911…
Suspected cultists kill Benson Idahosa University student in Benin
The raging war among suspected cultists in Edo State has again claimed the life of Ohio Tobi, a student of…
Army Arrests 17 Cultists
The 2 Brigade Nigeria Army says it has arrested 17 cultists with assorted arms and ammunition in Oku Iboku, Itu…
Police prosecute 80 cultists in Anambra
The Anambra Police Command said it prosecuted 80 people for cultism related crimes between January and April.
Residents flee homes as cultists clash in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of residents of Bukuma in Degema local area of Rivers State have fled their homes following…
Cultists murder engineer at Ogoniland project site
Cultists and youths bearing arms in Ogoniland have murdered a site engineer identified as Ade Adeyemo, working for a contractor…
Cultists strike in Ilorin, one dead
There was an uneasy calm in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Thursday as gunmen, suspected to be…
Lagos arrests, prosecutes 122 cultists, miscreants
The Lagos State Government says it has arrested and prosecuted 122 notorious cultists and miscreants in Mushin area of Lagos,…
Rivers tells Ogoni repentant cultists to submit arms
Chairman of the Rivers’ Amnesty Programme, Mr Ken Chindah, on Tuesday appealed to repentant cultists and other criminals in Ogoni land…
Ambode: Report cultists to govt, get automatic job, money
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday promised to offer automatic job and money to anyone who will report…
22,430 cultists surrender in Rivers
Rivers State government on Tuesday concluded the first phase of the state Amnesty Programme as 22, 430 cultists accepted amnesty…
Police arrest 2 members of dreaded cult group in Lagos
The Police in Lagos said on Wednesday that it had arrested two suspected members of a dreaded cult gang (Aiye)…
Cultists kill four in Ikorodu rampage
Suspected cult members of a six-man gang, over the weekend, shot dead four persons at 24 Road, in the Igbogbo,…
Nine cultists arrested in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested nine suspected cultists who had been disturbing the peace…
Three suspected cultists arrested, arms, car recovered
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Efforts of the Ogun State Police Command to clamp down on cultists, kidnappers and other criminals in the…
RRS nabs 46 cultists in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Forty-six members of a cult group known as Awawa Confraternity in Agege and its environs were arrested by…
RSS arrests 16 cultists in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command, in the wee-hours of Thursday apprehended…
Ambode to Security Agencies: Use appropriate force to deal with vandals, cultists
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday ordered security agencies to apply appropriate force to clampdown on criminals, pipeline vandals,…
46 suspected cultists arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Forty-six members of seven cult groups who have been on the rampage in Benin City, capital of…
Suspected Bariga cultists paraded in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police on Monday paraded eight suspected cultists who have been terrorizing the residents of Bariga and its…
Woman, 65, burnt to death as cultists set house ablaze
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 65-year-old woman has been burnt to death at Bariga area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, as cultists set…
Masquerader, suspected cultists face trial for attacking monarch’s palace
Cyriacus Izuekwe Six persons including a masquerader have been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ Court in Ejigbo for allegedly…
Police raid suspected robbers, cultists
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Scores of suspected robbers and cultists were arrested in various black spots across Ogun State on New Year’s…
DPO arrests 13 suspected cultists in Ikoyi
Paul Iyoghojie The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ikoyi division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, SP Mustapha Tijani, has…
Lagos: 13 cultists remanded for murder, dumping of bodies
Thirteen suspected cultists, who allegedly murdered two men before dumping their bodies in a river, were on Thursday in Lagos…
Two suspected cultists arrested for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with two suspected cultists in Ogun State as they were arrested by the Police operatives…