Editorial

EDITORIAL: The spate of ritual killings in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2020 0

The view that ritual killings of whatever kind are seriously immoral, and evil must receive major support from all of us; in fact, it cannot be gainsaid. We must note straightaway that ritual killings are a symptom of our irrational cultural history and wrong religious dogma that has negatively

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Osun assembly passes anti-kidnapping, banditry, ritual killing bill

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2020 0

The Osun state House of Assembly has passed into law the bill prohibiting kidnapping, banditry and ritual killings in the state. The bill was read for the third time by the committee of the whole having passed through two other stages to correct identified grey areas of bill. Speaker of the state House of Assembly, […]

News

Residents flay rising ritual killings in Asaba, back vigilante members

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2020 0

Residents of Asaba, the Delta State capital, have expressed worries over the rising ritual killings in the area and called on the Police to rise up to its responsibilities in checkmating the situation. The respondents while giving their backings to the Asaba Vigilante members, on Wednesday, said that in the last few weeks, Asaba metropolis […]

Crime

Ritual killings a challenge in Osun- CP

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2020 0

Newly deployed Police Commissioner in Osun State, Johnson Kukomo, has identified ritual killing as a challenge that must be dealt with by the Command under his leadership. The Commissioner of Police spoke in Ile Ife during a visit to the Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in his palace. READ ALSO: Reps condemn attack on airforce troops […]

Crime News

Prophet arrested for ritual killing in Kogi

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2018 0

Kogi state Police Command has paraded one Prophet Oluwasegun Otaru of “Voice Canaan Temple: C&S Aladura Church basied in Ozuri, Adavi loocal government area of Kogi state over ritual killings, Prophet Otaru who was paraded along with two, of his accomplices, was alleged to have lured to a hotel and killed late Miss Mercy Moses. […]

Opinion

State’s monopoly of violence as antidote to terror

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The use of maximum force to quell Terrorism, Extremism and Separatism (TES) the world over has been largely successful, though its deployment has not sometimes failed to attract condemnation. Research has shown that some of the reasons military operations could be adjudged as unfair and unnecessary are when there is an excessive use of force […]

Crime Metro

Police Uncover Ritualist’s Den In Iwo, Osun (Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Men of the Nigeria Police, Osun State Command on Wednesday uncovered a den of some ritualists in Elewonta village of Ayedire South Local Government Development Area of Iwo, in the state. Amiloaded gathered that the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 11, Agboola Osodi-Glover conducted his officers to inspect the shrine said to belong to […]

News

Operation Python Dance II has halted growing crime in the South-East – Report

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

The recently launched military drill by the Nigerian Army tagged “Operation Python Dance 11 “has thwarted the growing spate of crimes like kidnapping, assassination, ritual Killings, armed robbery and other life threatening evil across the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. This was disclosed at the public presentation of midterm report by the Independent

News In Brief

Ritualist caught in Ojokoro

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2017 0

An angry mob has burned two people to death around the Obadeyi bus stop area, in Ojokoro, Lagos. The mob action came following the discovery of a suspected ritualist in the area. The suspect was apprehended at Obadeyi bus-stop, Ojokoro, near the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Residents in the area became suspicious and caught him when passers-by […]