The love of money is the root of all evil, so says the Bible. This aphorism aptly captures the experience of a 20-year-old man, Agu Nwanu, who said he delved into voodoo practices and money ritual in a bid to get rich by all means. Read more here.
On a fact finding mission, Chineme Okafor journeyed into some remote villages around Abuja where twins are sacrificed to gods because it is considered a taboo to be born a twin in such communities, though the Scottish missionary to Nigeria, late Mary Slessor led a crusade that stopped the barbaric act decades ago.Read more here.
According to the Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task force statistics for the year 2010, a total of 14 ritual murders, including nine children were registered in 2010. Read more here.
The State Government is giving final shape to a legislation which will take on the bizarre practice of witchcraft, widely prevalent in the rural pockets and is growingly seen as a crime against women. The law proposes punishment not only for those who perpetrate severe atrocities on the “witches,” but also on those who prescribe it through various means. Read more here.
NUWAKOT: Masini Tamang, 35, was brutally beaten up by villagers for allegedly practicing witchcraft at Lachyang VDC in Nuwakot. They tied her and beat up from Monday morning to the next evening.
Villagers had blamed her of casting magic spell on a local Suklal Tamang. Read more here.
JAMSHEDPUR (JHARKHAND): A woman died in an attempt to appease the goddess while two women were killed allegedly for practicing witchcraft in separate incidents in adjoining West Singhbhum district, police today said. Read more here.
Incidents of muti killings are said to be on the increase in Kavango Region, where the Namibian police have arrested four people in connection with an incident in which 36-year-old Kantana Kasian Ndonga was killed, allegedly to harvest body parts for medicine. Read more here.
North Bougainvillians came out in force today to demand an end to Sorcery-related killings. At a forum organised by the North Bougainville Human Rights Committee (NBHRC) in Buka today at Bel Isi Park , several hundred Bougainvillians met to condemn the recent beheading of Helen Rumbali, accused of sorcery, and to demand an end to the murder of innocent women. Full press report here.
Jos — Ritual killers on Monday struck in Jos, killing and removing the eyes and tongue of a young lady in Twanchit Village at Tudun Wada in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Read more here.
Three women – a mother and her daughters – are being held captive and are likely to be decapitated as witches in Papua New Guinea, Amnesty International claims. Read more here.
