The Benue State Police Command has said it is collaborating with other security agencies to ensure the safety of lives and properties. Benue State Commissioner of Police, Steve H. Yabanet, said this while parading suspects arrested across the state. The Commissioner said collaboration with residents has also helped in arresting suspects. He said Wadata community…

  The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Olayide Adelami, has urged residents of Owo to assist the police with critical information following recent clashes between rival cult groups that left five people dead. The violence, which occurred over the past fortnight in the ancient town, has prompted the state government to impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew,…

The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has charged new students in the institution to be diligent in their studies and shun cultism and other social vices. Bamire gave the charge during the Matriculation Ceremony for new students for 2023/2024 academic at the OAU Amphitheatre, on Friday, in Ile-Ife. He said that…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on January 12, 2025, carried out a successful raid on an illegal weapons manufacturing factory at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State. According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the operation led to the recovery of nine locally fabricated pistols, one…

Residents of Mile 2 Estate, in the Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos State, are worried for their safety following the death of three persons in a cult war that lasted between Saturday, January 4 and Monday, January 6, 2025.  

Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is a worried man. This is because the clear vision he caught before his assumption of office in 2021 on how to make the needed difference from his predecessors in the state is being threatened by insecurity.

Oyo State Police Command yesterday paraded 15 suspects linked to cultism and firearms offences.

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has outlawed the Ibom Youth Council (IYC), saying the group is a security risk to the government and people of the state. The governor's decision followed worrisome reports of killings and clashes in the state involving the group. The group's proscription was announced by the state’s Commissioner…

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has arraigned Savoir Robort, alias Timba, on a two-count charge of cultism and attempted murder. According to court documents, Robort and members of his cult gang allegedly ambushed Chief Gani Topba, leader of the Conscience of Ogoni People, on March 12, 2023, while returning from Zaakpo…

Operatives of CP - Special Assignment Team (CP - SAT), Delta State Police command have reportedly killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested five suspected cultists at various locations in the state. Confirming the incident, the Police image maker, Bright Edafe said on October 28, 2024, at about 1948hrs the operatives led by ASP Julius Robinson…

Delta State Police Command on Thursday paraded 16 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists, and others arrested for various crimes at different locations across the State. The Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, who paraded the Suspects at the command headquarters in Asaba, said four AK-47 rifles, 138 ammunition/cartridges, eight Pump Action guns, 15 cut-to-size guns, and…

The Ezinano community in Awka has warned cultists and other criminals in Anambra State to avoid the area because of its zero tolerance for their activities.