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Nigeria [2] [7] [c] Deewell: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] [d] Dreaded Friend of Friends: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Eagle Club: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Eternal Fraternal Order of the Legion Consortium (aka Klan Konfraternity) KK 1983 University of Calabar: Calabar, Nigeria [3] [2] [9] Executioners: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Fame: Early 1990s Nigeria [2 ...
The exact death toll of confraternity activities is unclear. One estimate in 2002 was that 250 people had been killed in campus cult-related murders in the previous decade, [1] while the Exam Ethics Project lobby group estimated that 115 students and teachers had been killed between 1993 and 2019. [2] A poster warning against confraternities in ...
The National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, is a confraternity organization in Nigeria that is nominally University-based. [1] The group was founded by Professor Wole Soyinka and six students in 1952 to support human rights and social justice in Nigeria.
Many people in Nigeria still believe in witchcraft, with many victims being children. [1] [5] Other negatively affected groups include people with disabilities [6] [7] and women. [8] [9] Superstions in Nigeria can also affect aspects of Nigerian economy, [10] such as farming (ex. duck raising). [11]
These personal and social symbols contribute to the religious character of the Agwu community, along with other deities like Amadioha and Anyanwu. Additionally, socio-political symbols like ofo (symbol of authority and righteousness) and ikenga (symbol of success and accomplishment) are considered essential items in Agwu cult paraphernalia.
The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices of Nigeria Police Force calls the Supreme Aiye Confraternity a "dangerous and unlawful group". [ 6 ] Its initiation ceremonies include beatings and hazing, often requiring recruits to commit crimes such as armed robbery, "obligatory rapes", or physical attacks on faculty members.
Ikenga (Igbo literal meaning "strength of majesty ") is a horned god found among the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria. It is synonymous to the Christians' Angel Michael. It is one of the most powerful symbols of the Igbo people and one of the most common cultural artifacts. Ikenga is mostly maintained, kept or owned by men and occasionally ...
The symbol system was first encountered by Europeans in 1904. [4] Excavation of terracotta vessels, headrests, and anthropomorphic figurines from the Calabar region of southeast Nigeria, dated to roughly the 5th to 15th centuries, revealed "an iconography readily comparable" to nsibidi. [5] [6] There are several hundred Nsibidi symbols.