Beyond the Headlines
The suspect, who said that he is the Capone of his cult group, known as Green Lander Cult Group in Bayelsa State, was arrested by Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Timidiseghe said that he rose through the ranks in […]
There was tension in the Oruku community, in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State , as gunmen suspected to be cultists injured one person and burnt over 35 houses and a market. The incident reportedly occurred between 6. 30pm on Saturday and 7. 30am on Sunday. Our correspondent , who visited the […]
.…Recover fiream and ammunition Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Akwa In order to stem the tide of cultism and other nefarious activities in Anambra State, the Command Anti-Cult Unit in conjuction with Obosi community vigilante had on the Friday arrested one Chukwuemeka Nwokolo alias (small) ‘m’ aged 25years of Umouta village,Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra […]
No fewer than eight suspected cultists have been arrested by the police in different parts of Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State for murder. The suspected cultists were members of Eiye and Aiye cult groups who were allegedly involved in the death of a notorious cultist, popularly known as Ofada. The Police Public Relations […]
A clash between two cult groups has allegedly left four persons dead at Bakassi in Cross River State. Eyewitnesses said the clash started on Thursday with the killing of one person at Ekpri Ikang and has been raging till Saturday night. A resident of the Bakassi who gave her name as Etido said one person […]
A lecturer with the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu- Alike Ikwo , Ebonyi State , Mr Kyrian Nwoke, has been murdered by unknown assailants . Until his death , he taught in the Department of Physiology in AE – FUNAI. His lifeless body was found along Abakaliki rice mill axis of Ogoja Road , on […]
Gunmen on Friday night attacked a police station in Ebonyi State, killing three police officers. Two others sustained bullet wounds in the attack on Onueke Police Station in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the the slain officers included two male inspectors and a policewoman. The attackers reportedly carted […]
Five persons have been reportedly killed by rival groups in a renewed cult clash in Benin City, the Edo State capital. It was gathered that the cult clash started on January 1st and lingered till 3rd, 2021. It was further gathered that two persons were shot dead in the Oluku Area, two killed at Adolor […]
At least two persons were feared killed on Sunday in a clash between two rival cults, the Aiye and Eiye confraternities , in the Igbogbo Bayeku areas of Ikorodu , Lagos State . It was learnt that the fight broke out around 6. 30pm after one of the rival groups stormed the Community bus stop, […]
There are indications that several crime suspects including kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists have escaped from the custody of the Edo State Police Command. The suspects allegedly escaped from the detention facility of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) at the command’s headquarters in Benin City. All the police officers on duty at the SCID […]
