A kingpin of Iceland, one of Rivers state’s most dreaded cults, Precious Adiele, was Saturday night hacked to death by members of rival Degbam in a gang war that also left yet unidentified elderly resident burnt dead in Gambia Street, Mile 2, Diobu Port Harcourt. Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, […]
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants wielding guns and dangerous weapons, who are suspected to be cultists, have shot and killed an unidentified tricycle operator. It was gathered that the incident happened near the back gate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, late on Tuesday night. The deceased was said to be returning to his house when […]
Four persons have been allegedly shot dead in the ancient city of Sapele, Delta state by suspected cultists. Community sources told the Vanguard that the killing occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday, àdding that those allegedly killed were three males and a female. Three were allegedly shot along Mission road while the fourth one was […]
ABOUT five persons have been reportedly killed and others seriously injured as rival cult groups clashed Tuesday night around the popular Ibom plaza along Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital. Some eyewitnesses who were around the Ibom Plaza axis yesterday said the fracas which started about 6:30pm on Tuesday caused […]
POLICE in Rivers state have said five persons were killed and others wounded on Saturday night in the escalating supremacy battle between two cults; the Icelanders and Greenlanders. However, a resident who said they witness the two-hour long gun battle, told Vanguard the bodies were eight. Superintendent Grace Iringe-Koko, Police Public Relations Officers, Rivers […]
A compilation of media reports independently done by Daily Trust Saturday showed that cultist clashes occurred 57 times in 2022. Alex Andrew used to reside in Wumba, an Abuja suburb. The sprawling community is a 27-minute drive from Garki, in Abuja city centre, making it a choice settlement for low-income earners in the Federal […]
There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, after hoodlums invaded some streets in the area, attacked residents and robbed passersby and shop owners. Our correspondent leant that the gang, numbering about 50, ransacked Eagle Island, Timber Street and Echue stretch of Illabouchi, all densely populated areas of the metropolis, with machetes, […]
A son of a traditional ruler at Oja- Odan area of Ilaro in Ogun State allegedly invited suspected cultists to eliminate his father because of an unresolved issue the Oba had been having with his mother. The Police Command in Ogun on Monday confirmed the arrested of six suspected cultists who allegedly attempted to […]
The Edo State Police Command has conducted raids and arrested 30 suspected cultists believed to be associated with inter-cult rival killings in some parts of the state in the last few days. The Command’s deputy Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu in a statement disclosed that following the receipt of credible information that cult activities […]
Gunmen, yesterday, reportedly attacked traditionalists performing ritual rites for deceased Prince Yinusa Okunloye, allegedly killed by cultists over the weekend. Some cultists had on Saturday shot Yinusa in his chest resulting in his death after an alleged altercation between him and some members of the fraternity. The cultists numbering about three invaded the prince’s […]
