BY ADEGBOYEGA STEPHEN A suspected cultist, who has been allegedly terrorising Iree community in recent time has been apprehended and charged by the Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police, Osun State Command. The state polytechnic in Iree had been on the trail of recalcitrant cultists for years, but breakthrough came for the reputable institution when […]
A coalition of youth organisations on Thursday held a peaceful protest to strengthen the campaign against cultism, killings and other vices in the state. The youth who held the protest under the auspices of Concerned Anambra Youths, lamented that the increasing activities of cult groups posed a threat to security in the state. The News […]
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The Delta State Orientation Bureau has kicked started a sensitisation advocacy against drug abuse and cultism with a call on secondary school students to shun the twin social menace in the state. Speaking to students at the Government Model Secondary School, GRA, Asaba, the Director General of the bureau, Eugene Azuka […]
Lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly may be passing into law a bill that allows parents of youths found guilty of cultism in Lagos State become liable for punishment. This was part of the submissions of some lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday while discussing the bill sent by the Attorney General of the […]
Vice Chancellor of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Igbariam, Anambra state, Prof. Greg Nwakoby, has suspended three of its students for alleged involvement in cult activities. Prof. Nwakoby, who disclosed this while briefing journalists yesterday in his office at the university’s main campus in Igbariam, said that the students have made confessional statements. He also […]
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Tuesday remanded two teenage ladies: Yemisi Moses, 18, Blessing Damilola, 18, and a man, Adebayo Adegboyega, 25, over alleged membership of a secret society. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Dec. 29 around 2 p.m. at Orilonise Area, Ile-Ife. […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has advised students to shun cultism, drugs and other vices capable of undermining their academic career and future. Gbajabiamila spoke on Sunday in Lagos at the end of a two-day counselling and health programme organised for students in his Surulere 1 Federal Constituency. The programme, which featured […]
The Edo state government in collaboration with security agencies is setting up a special team to review and tackle incidents of cultism in the state. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this after the monthly state security meeting held at Government House, Benin, stated that the special team would ensure that the law passed on cultism […]
Enugu – The Nigeria Police, Enugu command says it is set to conduct a one-million-man march against cultism and related vices in Enugu metropolis. SP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday. […]
The Nigeria Police, Enugu command says it is set to conduct a one-million-man march against cultism and related vices in Enugu metropolis. SP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday. Amaraizu said […]
Governor Samuel Ortom has charged members of the Benue Bem Riders Club to embark on more sensitization campaigns and advocacy against drug abuse and cultism in the state. Gov. Ortom, who gave the charge on Friday during a courtesy call on him by members of the club, lauded their initiative to sensitise the public against […]
The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) has engaged no fewer than 1,500 students and teachers on sensitisation against cultism in Nsukka/Obollo axis of Enugu State. The National Coordinator of POCACOV, SP Ebere Amaraizu, delivered the lecture against cultism on the theme; “Challenges Facing 21st Century Teenagers and Inspiring Young Minds’’ at the […]
The Bayelsa Government on Friday solicited the support of the citizens for the current efforts to curb the rising menace of cultism in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Dr Boma-Spero Jack, made the call in a statement in Yenagoa. Jack expressed concern about the increasing cases of cultism, armed […]
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammad Danmallam, has said the command was collaborating with religious and community leaders to curb menace of cultism. Danmallam told newsmen in Enugu that it had become necessary for religious and community leaders to re-orient children that were being misled by “some unscrupulous elements’’. He said that […]
The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced the suspension of six students of the institution over their alleged involvement in cultism. A statement signed by the university’s Registrar, Mrs Margaret Omosule and made available to journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, said the suspended students allegedly confirmed their membership of secret cults after […]
No fewer than 30 police officers sacrificed their lives in the service of their fatherland in the last one month in Nigeria. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa-Ibom, CP Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, made the disclosure on Tuesday at Eket Security Summit against Crimes and Cultism in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The conference was […]
The Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, has expressed his administration’s resolve to tackle cultism and kidnapping in the area. Nwanosike, the newly elected chairman, made the pledge on Monday while reacting to the recent arrest of some suspected kidnappers in Ozuaha community. According to police reports, nine hostages were released […]
The llorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (lEDPU) has expressed concern over the ongoing face-off between the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and the Inspector General of Police on the allegations of his involvement in cultism and robbery cases. Ambassador Sheikh Usman AbdulAzeez, the National President of the Union made the assertion in a statement he […]
The heads of the various security agencies in Bayelsa State have resolved to raise their level of synergy in the fight against crimes and criminalities, particularly in the areas of armed robbery, piracy, cultism and kidnapping. This was part of the decisions reached at the 42nd State Security Council meeting held in Government House, Yenagoa. […]
An Awka Magistrate Court in Anambra State presided over by Senior Magistrate Mike Anyadiegwu, has remanded 13 alleged cult members in prison custody on a three count charge of conspiracy, murder and cultism. When the case came up for mention, the counsel to the accused, Mr. A.R. Nzekwe applied for their bail which the Prosecuting […]