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It’s 2022, but ‘killing for witchcraft’ is still is a conversation

The Ibibio people used to kill twins, but that was as far back as the 19th century. According to the custom at that time, it was considered a taboo to…

Ado Aminu 3 years

Yes, witchcraft accusation is a prosecutable offence in Nigeria

Nigerian feminists have been at the receiving end of accusations of witchcraft for a very long time. It didn’t start with a popular influencer tagging them ‘coven members’ – a…

Ado Aminu 3 years

Witchcraft and the tragedy of street kids in Nigeria

A matter of great concern that rarely takes the centre stage in Nigeria’s public discourse is the tragedy of homeless children – ‘street kids’ as they are called as if…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: “There is a thin line between activism and witchcraft,” @Omojuwa warns

Japheth Omojuwa is addressing some of the biases Nigerians have about the presidency. See below: Noted.

Op-ed Editor 7 years

“We use broken bottles to cut the umbilical cord immediately the women deliver” | Stories from traditional birth attendants

by Mercy Abang After losing her fourth child during delivery at the house of her regular traditional birth attendant (TBA), 42 year–old Kemi Ariyo contracted spiritualists to get to the…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The limitations of black magic

by Tony Ogunlowo Nowadays a lot of people are turning to black magic in order to achieve all kinds of evil and selfish purposes – controlling or doing harm to…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Femi Aribisala: APC and the spirit of witchcraft

Both Christians and Muslims must reject outright the strange spirit that the APC, in its lust for power, has imported into Nigeria. On 27th November, 2014, at the inauguration of…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

Juju trial: Jury out in the case of couple accused of sex trafficiking

by Chidi Okoye In the ongoing trial of the couple accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman into the UK for sex trade., the jury has gone out for final deliberations.…

Isime Esene 10 years

Think about it, did a bird really turn into a woman in Lagos?

by Akan Ido First things first - birds don't turn into human beings. Well, since that's out of the way we can delve into the story all over Lagos claiming…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

These secondary school students have been accused of witchcraft and belonging to ‘rat’ secret cult

by Jewel Stephen Three teenagers, who were arrested for cultism and witchcraft, were on Monday, 22 September, paraded at the Police Headquarters in Akure, Ondo state. While speaking to the press,…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

Three kids accused of witchcraft escape lynching in Akwa Ibom

by Kolapo Olapoju Following the death of their father, who was accused of witchcraft, three children were almost lynched by youths, who are residents of Unyenge, Mbo LGA, Akwa Ibom.…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

“Fight in the church” || Two women get physical during prayer session over witchcraft

by Azubuike Azikiwe On Wednesday, 3 September, a fight broke out between two women after one accused the other of being involved in witchcraft. The incident happened at the Cathedral…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

“They killed him, ate his flesh and drank his blood” || Woman accused of slaughtering 9-year-old grandson

by Kolapo Olapoju Fatima Saraka Mohammed, has been accused of colluding with two others to kill, eat the flesh and drink the blood of her 9-year-old grandson. The 55-year-old grandmother…

writer 10 years

Police arrest 10-year-old boy for witchcraft, say he turned into a cat

by Kolapo Olapoju A 10-year-old boy was arrested by Rivers police for witchcraft activities alongside an accomplice, a 48-year old man, in Iwofe, Rumuolumeni in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of…

10 years

10-yr-old boy arrested for ‘turning into a Cat’ in Port Hacourt

by S'ola Filani A 10-year-old boy said to have turned into a cat to witch-hunt a family in Iwofe, Rumuolumeni in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been…

10 years

‘Our mother is not a witch’: Sons of ‘bird-turned-woman’ step forward, deny witchcraft story

by 'Jola Sotubo The incredible story of a black bird turning into a woman in Lagos has been slammed as false by her 2 sons. The elderly woman, who residents…

10 years

How pastor died for refusing to confess to witchcraft – Juju priest reveals

by Adeola Balogun file photo A mysterious trend of events has occurred in Bauchi after two members of a family are said to have died due to their involvement in…

10 years

SHOCKING: How we killed our children through witchcraft – 5 suspects confess to wizardry (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo 5 old men threw the community of Idiaba Ikot Udotan in Nsit Atai local government area of Akwa Ibom State into a state of confusion last Christmas as they confessed…

10 years

15-year-old boy tortured, AXED by stepmother’s family over witchcraft (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo 15-year-old Asuquo Edet will always be thankful to God as he is lucky to be alive after surviving being tortured for four hours and an axe wound…

11 years

So true, so false: Errm, was Jim Iyke really delivered of ‘evil spirits’ at TB Joshua’s church? (WATCH)

by Tutu Akinlabi News has been making the rounds on social media that Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has undergone a deliverance session at the Synagogue Church of Nations presided over…

11 years

Witchcraft: Police arrest 2 people for killing sisters in Jigawa

by Adeola Balogun The deaths of two sisters in Jigawa State have led to the arrest of two people by the state police. The sisters were killed for allegedly practicing…

11 years

WHAT?! Indonesia pushes law against witches, living together outside wedlock

by Rachel Ogbu Indonesia has proposed new Criminal Code outlawing black magic, white magic, however, will remain legal. Under revised law, anyone found guilty of using black magic to cause…

11 years

“We are killed, we are hunted”: Albino activist fights witchcraft murders (READ)

Carefully maneuvering around a jumble of slippery rocks, Josephat Torner slowly steps inside a cluster of dark caves in northeast Tanzania. Ahead of him, leading the trail with an air…

11 years

Horrific: 3 people brutally beaten and burnt to death over alleged witchcraft (VIEWER DISCRETION)

by Isi Esene With the anniversary of the barbaric killing of four young students of the University of Port Harcourt by the Aluu Community recently observed, another video of mob…

11 years

Just wicked: Albino boy’s hand hacked off for witchcraft

Attackers collecting body parts of albinos for witchcraft have hacked off the hand of a seven-year old boy in Tanzania, the latest in a series of bloody assaults, officials said…

11 years

Bizarre: Pastor wakes to find he’s been given a new haircut, witchcraft suspected

In a witchcraft related case, a United Methodist Church pastor stationed in Uzumba District recently got a hair cut from witches while he was asleep, reports say. Pastor Teddy Mundondo…

11 years

TICKER: Woman charged to court for ‘initiating 12 year-old girl into witchcraft’

A 50 year-old woman, Binta Mohammed, on Wednesday appeared before a Kaduna Sharia Court, Magajin Gari for alleged initiating a 12-year-old girl into witchcraft. Prosecutor Haruna Ibrahim told the Court…

12 years

Pastor kills father and uncle, accuses them of wizardry

by Mayowa Salami Mr. Udoka Onwe, 22-year-old pastor from Umuogodo Akpu Ngbo village in Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi State was reported to have killed his father, Mr. Peter Onwe Elum,…

12 years

It wasn’t me: Prophet T.B. Joshua debunks 2go prophesy rumour

by Isi Esene Remember the rumour making the rounds about Prophet T.B Joshua's 2go and Facebook prophesy? The rumour was that the prophet predicted, "mass death for social media users…

12 years

Ruona Agbroko Meyer: Don’t blame family witchcraft: It’s your call (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Ruona Agbroko Meyer Ruonah Agbroko Meyer It is 2008. I am in the Microbiology department of the University of Lagos, Nigeria shaking a blackened test tube over a Bunsen burner.…

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