The prosecuting counsel, ASP Samuel Ikutanwa, told the court that Mohammed was arrested with a locally fabricated revolver and five rounds of live ammunition at the institution’s main gate on April 9. Shehu Mohammed, a National Diploma (ND II) student of Kogi State Polytechnic, has been sentenced by a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court to eight years … Read more
Residents of Epe in Lagos state have urged the Lagos State government and security agencies to assist in ridding the area of cultists who regularly unleash mayhem in the community. Speaking to Newsmen, many of the residents lamented heinous crimes committed by the cultists either through gang wars or through brigandage. Mr Tunde Oluwo, a … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four teenagers, including three secondary school students, for allegedly attempting to attack a rival group in a secondary school. The police spokesperson stated that the suspected cultists came from Ogun for reprisal attacks on other rival cult members at the Junior Secondary School, Akinyele, Alakuko in Lagos. The … Read more
A 23-year-old student, Emmanuel Itoro Thomas, has been sentenced to five years in prison for cultism. Justice Okon of Akwa Ibom State High court convicted Thomas on Thursday after establishing that he is member of an illegal society known as, “Red Skin Secret Cult Confraternity.” Ekohotblog reports that the accused is a student of Community … Read more
Provost, students against cultism Dr Paulina Ikwuegbu, Provost, Federal College of Education Eha-Amufu in Enugu State, has warned newly admitted students to shun cultism or face expulsion from the college. Ikwuegbu gave the warning in Nsukka on Saturday during the 26th matriculation ceremony of the college. At the ceremony, 600 National Certificate of Education and … Read more
Cultism Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, the Vice Chancellor, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi, has said that idleness among students leads them into cultism. Nwajiuba said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his office on Monday. He spoke on preparations for the institution’s fifth convocation and his impending … Read more
Italian police on Wednesday arrested 74 alleged members of a notorious Nigerian mafia group in the Turin and Ferrara areas of Italy. The mafia group, called Arobaga Vikings or Norsemen Kclub International, which is notorious for dealing in prostitution and trafficking of hard drugs, is organised in many Italian cities in form of cells. More … Read more
The Rivers State Police Command says it has intensified a manhunt for the suspected cultists who allegedly murdered two chiefs in Baa Loore and Luebe communities in the Khana Local Government Area of the state. This came as the member representing the Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dumnamene Deko, said the government … Read more
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr John Abang, has summoned all the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Tactical Commanders to an emergency meeting, following increase in cultism in the state. Abang gave the directive in a statement by SP Haruna Mohammed, the command’s spokesman and made available to newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. Read … Read more
Officers of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 24 members of a dreaded gang group, ‘Awawa Boys.’ Read Also: Boxing: Watch As Anthony Joshua Defeats Ruiz To Reclaim Heavyweight World Titles A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana on Sunday said the arrest took place on Thursday at bout … Read more
A renewed clash between members of rival cult groups have left no fewer than five cultists dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Two young men were beheaded by suspected cultists in the metropolis following a battle for supremacy between the Greenlanders and Debam, also known as Bobos. The three others were also killed in … Read more
A 200-level student of the Department of Political Science, Akwa Ibom State University, Emem Jimmy, was on Saturday shot dead by gunmen suspected to be members of a cult group while trying to rob him of his valuables. It was gathered that Jimmy was shot while trying to resist the hoodlums from snatching his phones … Read more
Clashes between Black Axe and Klans cultists in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, Tuesday night and the early hours of yesterday, has claimed three lives. An eyewitness said the killing of one of the victims at about 11p.m. on Tuesday on Ambo Street set the stage for the clashes, adding “we had just finished a church programme at about … Read more
A 34-year-old furniture maker, Seye Yinka, has said as a cult leader, he needed a gun and that was why he bought a gun for N30,000. According to him, “I use the gun to protect myself any time there is cult violence in Oworoshoki and Bariga communities. “I am a cult leader, … Read more