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 […]
The Enugu Police Command in Enugu state has reiterated its readiness not to rest on its oars in the campaign and onslaught against cultism and other vices amongst youth in the state for a safe and secured environment. To this end, the men of the Anti-cultism Unit of the Enugu state Command through intelligence raided […]
…. Suspects deny any involvement in the crime Kazeem Opeyemi, a 24 years old undergraduate student of Ibadan Polytechnic allegedly arrested by personnel of 81 Division, Nigerian Army for cultism, has denied any involvement in the crime. The suspect who is reportedly a member of the Eiye Confraternity was arrested alongside 22 others during the […]
Armed policemen have been deployed to Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State following clashes between members of a secret cult and Oodu’a Peoples Congress (OPC) after a political meeting in the town. Special units of police force including mobile police force, federal special anti-robbery squad as well as anti-cult unit and top police officers moved to […]
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Thursday paraded 31 suspected criminals arrested for committing various offences ranging from cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery, etc. Parading the suspects during his maiden press briefing since assumption of duty in the state, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Don N. Awunah said, the strategic and operational support of the […]
…urges youths to shun vices Concerned by the recent development in the state, where some youths in Aguda Surulere, Itire and Akala-Mushin areas of Lagos State engaged in acts of brigandage, sell and use of illicit drugs, cultism, unlawfully possessing and using firearms to fight rival cult groups, the Lagos Police Command has sort the […]
Following the recent upsurge of criminality in campuses across the country, the management of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), has warned the 1,980 matriculating students of the university that those with tendencies for drug abuse, cultism and rape will have no room to operate in the university. The ABUAD’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Michael […]
Since assumption of office the incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-invigorated and enhanced the internal working mechanisms of the Nigerian Army like never before, inspiring men and officers alike to professionally give allegiance, patriotism and loyalty to the country. As the country basks in the euphoria of yet another […]
All evidence in the country today, portends a rising culture of barbarism and bloodletting among the student population of Nigeria’s institutions of higher learning. No day passes without the sad news of university or polytechnic students murdering their fellow peers in show of battle for supremacy. Definitely, the frequency of such cold-blooded atrocities is not […]
A 31- year old man, Taiwo Adoti, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court in Lagos over membership of Black Axe confraternity. The defendant was alleged to have committed the act on March 18, 2015 at NNPC, Ejigbo, Isolo, Lagos. He was arraigned on a three count charge of being a member of Black […]
The alleged cult war waging in Ughelli, Delta state have purportedly claimed the life of the Ughelli branch chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA), Barr Austin Icheghe. So far, about seven persons have been killed since the clash between members of Black Axe confraternity and Vikings broke out within the metropolis, DailyTimes was told. […]
The alarming rate of insecurity in Nigeria in recent times have been attributed to the moral decadence of the very fabric that bind us together as a country. It is so pathetic that the youth who in different quarters have been described as hope of the future of Nigeria have decided to embrace the act […]