cultism
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The Vice-Chancellor, Trinity University (TU), Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has advised new students of the institution to shun cultism, drug abuse and other malpractices that could tarnish the image of the school.
4 days ago
In a bid to curb cultism and other vices, the Nigeria Police Force has appointed a renowned security expert, Dr Ayodele Ogunsan, as the Lagos State Chairman for Police Campaign Against Cultism And Other Vices (POCACOV). Ogunsan who is a member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), will oversee series of campaigns against the menace…
28 Mar
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, yesterday paraded 63 suspects arrested for sundry crimes, including armed robbery, cultism, sexual assault and drug trafficking.
22 Mar
The Imo State Police Command, in line with directives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has organised a one-day workshop targeted at enhancing security and tackling cultism and other social vices in education institutions in the state.
15 Mar
The police in Osun State, yesterday, arraigned three men, Idowu Adetunji, 30, Ayomide Damilare, 35 and Gbolahan Ajayi, 25, in an Ile-Ife Magistrate’s Court on allegations of cultism.
14 Feb
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded four men in a correctional facility for engaging in cultism and armed robbery.
25 Jan
Vice chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has urged new and old students to support the management by abstaining from indecent dressing, cultism, drugs, and other vices.
15 Jan
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have neutralised Silas Oderereke, a wanted armed robber and leader of the Greenlanders cult in Ahoada West Local Council.
14 Jan
The Ibassa/Ijegun-Egba Youth Association in Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos on Sunday decried the high rate of cultism in the area.
29 Dec
When I accepted the invitation to guest-speak at the Summit, this Summit, of the Edo Zone of the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) I must admit straightaway that I did not really know what to say
22 Dec
Two suspected cultists reportedly abducted a 14-year-old girl and defiled her in an apartment, at Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt City Council, Rivers State.
12 Dec
The Police Command in Edo says it has arrested 80 suspects for various criminal activities as part of efforts to reduce crimes and ensure a peaceful yuletide in the state. The Edo Police Commissioner, Muhammed Dankwara, said the suspects were arrested in the ongoing clampdown against criminals, which began on December 1. The Commissioner, who…
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