Tag: cultists
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…