cultism
10 Nov
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, yesterday, remanded a former Caretaker Committee Chairman of Khana Local Council of Rivers State, Dr Sunny Bekanwa...
27 Oct 2023
Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Ogun State chapter, has urged the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and security agencies in the state to mobilise available resources to put an end to cult killings. Rising from the PCRC Remo 2023 Security Summit in Sagamu, the PCRC Chairman, Dr Samson Popoola, stated that cult killings and…
28 Sep 2023
The police in Enugu State have arrested over 92 suspects for cultism, kidnapping and armed robbery between August 16 and September 25. Also, the Command rescued 12 abducted victims from various parts of the state within the period under review. The suspects were arrested for cultism, robbery, murder, kidnapping, and unlawful possession of firearms. The…
14 Sep 2023
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of 33 suspected cultists in the state. Adeoye, who spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of Awka, Obi Gibson Nwosu, Ezeuzu-Awka II, at his palace in Awka, called for maximum support to enable the command stamp out the menace…
12 Sep 2023
The police in Kaduna State have arrested 13 cultists in connection with robbery. The suspects were arrested through operatives attached to the Divisional Headquarters, Sabon Gari, Zaria. The acting spokesperson for the Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mansir Hassan, in a statement, said the suspects confessed to be members of Aye confraternity, from different…
6 Sep 2023
• Security men nabbed for attempted murder The police in Ogun State have arrested three notorious cultists belonging to the Eiye Confraternity. The arrest, The Guardian learnt, followed credible information provided by an anonymous citizen to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Sango Ota, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Saleh Dahiru, who led his anti-robbery team to…
1 Sep 2023
Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, paraded 66 suspects for engaging in various crimes, including armed robbery, unlawful possession of arms, impersonation, cultism, murder and other crimes.
31 Aug 2023
The Vice-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI) Ebonyi State, Prof. Sunday Elom, has warned newly admitted students of the institution to shun vices or risk being kicked out of the institution.
15 Aug 2023
.Man loses forearm to machine mishap, seeks redress The police in Ogun State have re-arrested one Lukman Shonubi (a.k.aTinny), who has been under profiling before the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Superintendent of Police (SP) Salami Murphy.Tinny, a serial killer and armed robber, is a member of Eiye Confraternity. Spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Superintendent…
2 Aug 2023
Rather than abate, cultism in Nigeria, especially in Lagos metropolis, has continued to gain patronage despite a series of arrests.
2 Aug 2023
The police in Osun have arrested 12 suspects for various criminal activities statewide.
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