•Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, Olubode Ojajuni A man identified as Taiwo Saheed was allegedly murdered by suspected cultists in the Atan area of Ogun State, with footage of the killing circulating on social media. It was learnt from eyewitness accounts and a video of the incident yesterday that the killing, which occurred on Thursday, [&...
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of a station in Rivers State has been suspended alongside some other serving officers of his post for reportedly allowing cultists to renovate their facility. The Rivers State Police Command disclosed this worrisome development in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Blessing Agabe, an Assistant Superi...
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have arrested 10 suspected cultists over last Sunday’s deadly attack at the Obele end of Ovom community in Yenagoa. The attack claimed the life of a metal scavenger, popularly known as an “Iron Condemned” boy, while three others sustained injuries, reports Daily Trust. Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr...
•Niger Delta University, Amassoma The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists following the killing of a student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, during a suspected cult clash in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. The Command disclosed that the suspects were apprehended while allegedly mobili...
•Oba of Benin Ewuare II In a dramatic traditional response to the worsening security situation in Edo State, the Benin Kingdom yesterday launched a spiritual offensive against violent crime, invoking ancestral curses on kidnappers, ritual killers, cultists and other criminal elements while performing sacred rites to fortify the ancient kingdom...
•Gunmen The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of five persons following an early-morning attack on Rumuche/Rumuohia community in Emohua Local Government Area. According to a police statement, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. yesterday when about five suspected cultists stormed an isolated part of the community, shoo...
•Exhibits The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight suspected armed robbers and cult members allegedly planning an operation in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. The suspects: 25-year-old Nurudeen Dolapo; 27-year-old Fadiya Ayodele; 28-year-old Lawal Rasheed; 26-year-old Akerele Demilare; 23-year-old Alimi Victor; 25-year-old Okiki Alufoge; 2...
•Police The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 21 suspected cultists, including two soldiers, during a midnight raid at a hotel in Osiele, under the Odeda Police Division, Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, a total of 21 suspects were apprehended during the raid. The operation...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a police inspector, Yakubu Dauda, and seized his rifle in the Chwelnyap Rim community of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. Also in Rivers State, rampaging cultists have killed a police corporal identified as Francis Friday and a member of a vigilante group, OSP...
Fifty-six-year-old, Thomas Synclair shares his grief with our correspondent about the gruesome murder of his 21-year-old son, Ayakpo, a Computer Science graduate of the Niger Delta University by suspected cultists, reports Saturday PUNCH. Can you tell us the circumstances that led to the murder of your son? My son had just completed his univer...
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