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December 12, 2017

The Big 5: Tinubu replies Okorocha, Magu says impunity is over and, other stories

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has claimed that impunity has been erased in Nigeria. Reacting to Rochas Okorocha’s comment about how important state governors, the National Chairman of the APC, Bola Tinubu has said he values and respects governors. The new... Read More

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December 12, 2017

Police arrest 4 ‘badoo boys’ for allegedly killing woman, son, pastor

The Nigerian Police, Lagos Command, has arrested two suspected members of a ritual cult, Badoo, in connection with the killing of a woman, Beatrice Alaba, and her son, David, at Temu village, in Agbowa. Highlights: Two other suspects were apprehended for the murder of a pastor in the Fingers of God Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church... Read More

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November 27, 2017

The Big 5: President Buhari on Boko Haram, Fayose’s Christmas gift and, other top stories

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. The house of the former leader of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf is to be turned into a museum. This was announced by the Borno State Government. Reacting to widespread outrage, the Nigerian Police have said that a court has cleared the... Read More

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November 27, 2017

Suspected badoo boys kill Pastor in Ikorodu

A pastor was killed Sunday morning by persons suspected to be Badoo members. The incident occurred at Lajo Road, near transformer in Igbogbo-Bayeku, The Nation reports. The pastor’s widow, Gloria and 10-month-old baby, Goodness, were said to have been found unconscious. They were rushed to Ikorodu General Hospital by policemen from Igbogbo Division. The attack occurred few... Read More

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October 7, 2017

How we stopped badoo killings in Ikorodu – Lawmaker

A Lagos lawmaker, Sanai Agunbiade (Ikorodu 1 Constituency) Friday, recalled how he mobilised various stakeholders in ending ritual killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Speaking during a Constituency Stakeholders Meeting themed: True Representation and Accountability, Agunbiade said he encouraged community leaders to take some “behind the screen” measures that brought an end to Badoo killings in... Read More

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Police, Badoo suspect give conflicting information on suspect’s whereabouts

A disagreement ensued on Tuesday between the Lagos State Police Command and a 51-year-old resident of Magodo Phase II, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was arrested in connection with Badoo boys killings in Ikorodu. According to Punch, Abayomi said that the police lacked evidence and had released him, while the command said he was still in custody. Abayomi... Read More

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Couple, two children dead as Badoo boys strike again

When peace was thought to have returned to Ikorodu, Lagos, the notorious ritual cult, Badoo, has rekindled panic in residents. The cult killed a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Adejare, two of their children, while the third child was said to be in a coma at the Ikorodu General Hospital. According to Punch, This happened in the... Read More

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Ambode

The Troubles: Why is Ambode’s Lagos hot again?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Why is there a spike in the recent level of violence and misdemeanour in Nigeria’s commercial capital? Lagos State under Governor Ambode has, over the past two or three months, experienced a host of news worthy events that would not exactly make residents comfortable with their safety and well-being. From the... Read More

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2 dead as “badoo boys” strike in Ogun

Residents of Hassan Abiodun Street, off Ojodu Berger, in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun, woke up to the death of two lovers who were reportedly killed by Badoo boys Friday morning in their apartment. According to Punch, the heads of the victims were smashed. Many of the residents could not be consoled as policemen from... Read More

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131 suspected “badoo boys”, cultists apprehended in Ikorodu

About 131 suspected members of badoo boys and cultists were Tuesday, reportedly arrested in Ikorodu, Lagos, by a joint security task force. The raid, Vanguard reports, was started Tuesday morning, by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, the Rapid Response Sqaud (RRS), the Department of State Services (DSS), Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC),... Read More

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Ambode

Badoo cult is another reason to question Ambode’s judgment

by Alexander O. Onukwue How did a group of youth have the freedom to become deadly terror agents to the residents of Ikorodu? They are not new, despite only recently occupying the news. Badoo has become an urgent concern owing to the fatal retaliations that have come from the attempt by some to put them... Read More

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How hunger and inequality feeds ‘Badoo’

by Alexander O. Onukwue What sane person ventures into the business of selling a handkerchief soaked in blood? The answer to that question is “What sane person buys?”, but that’s not really the focus for now. As a cult group of socially malformed young men, Badoo is the product of a society where hunger, disillusion... Read More

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Police arrest 87 suspected ‘Badoo boys’, declare 20 wanted

The Lagos State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies and local security volunteers have arrested 87 suspected ‘Badoo boys’ while declaring 20 others wanted in connection with activities of the group in Ikorodu. The Nation reports that the 87 suspected Badoo members were arrested in an all-night operation on their hideouts in Owutu... Read More

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Badoo Boys: How valid identification by the Police will help

by Alexander O. Onukwue An MC, named Chinedu Paul, had just met two of the more recognised players in the Nigerian industry of TV and event anchoring. The pictures he took with Pulse Nigeria’s street presenter, Chuey Chu and top TV multiple show host, Ik Osakioduwa, were happily shared on Facebook, after attending the latter’s... Read More

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Ambode

We’ll flush out Badoo boys, they’re not invincible – Ambode

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said Thursday that the ritual cult, ‘Badoo’ will be flushed out as they are not spirits that are invincible. Ambode, who spoke at the commissioning of a fire station in Epe, Lagos, charged traditional rulers, especially in Ikorodu, to help the government fight off the ‘Badoo menace’ in the... Read More

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At least 3 people reportedly killed in attack by ‘Badoo boys’ in Lagos

At least three people have been killed in an attack suspected to be by members of the Badoo group on a community in Lagos. According to PUNCH, the group attacked Crystal Church of Christ (C&S) Aladura located at 4, Victor Anibaba street, Owode Weighbridge, along Ikorodu road. [IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS]: OVER 100 ‘BADOO BOYS’... Read More

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Over 100 ‘badoo boys’ arrested as Police, OPC raid gangs’ hideouts

Police officers, alongside members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Saturday, reportedly raided different hideouts of the criminal gang in Ikorodu, Lagos State, popularly known as the “Badoo boys”. The Badoo boys have been terrorising residents of Ikorodu and killing families, which led to increased agitation from the residents and subsequent intervention by the Police,... Read More

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Opinion: Afenifere, OPC, what are you doing about the Badoo boys killings?

by Ademuyiwa Adebola Taofeek Hunting for a house in Lagos can sometimes be more difficult than getting a well in the desert. One of my friends soon learned this when he finally decided to settle down and secure an apartment somewhere comfortable in the state. To ease his search, he had secured the help of... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Travel ban 2.0 begins Thursday | Civil disobedience will continue until the govt bows – Nnamdi Kanu | More stories

From the papers, a tracklist. ASUU denies hike on hike in varsity fees – YNaija ‘Badoo boys’ kill couple, two children in Ikorodu – YNaija Civil disobedience will continue until the govt bows – Nnamdi Kanu – YNaija Senator Dino Melaye must go – Constituents insist – YNaija 5.5 million housing units will be provided... Read More

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‘Badoo boys’ kill couple, two children in Ikorodu

Members of the ‘Badoo cult group’ have struck again, killing a couple and two of their three children at Olopomeji, Odogunyan. The family – Ike David, 50; Margret David, 28; Ike David (Jnr), 5; Matthew David, 4; and two-year-old Friday David– were reportedly attacked around 1am on Wednesday. While the father, a motorcycle rider, Margret... Read More

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‘Badoo boys’ reportedly break pastor’s head with mortar

Cult members, suspected to be ‘Badoo boys’ have reportedly attacked a minister with the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Wale Solomon, and he is said to be battling for his life in an undisclosed hospital on the Lagos Island. Punch reports Solomon, a father of three was sleeping with his family in their house on Obayemi... Read More

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