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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 ...
Nigeria [2] Fame: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Fraternity of Friends: Early 1990s Nigeria Active [2] Green Circuit Association International: Maphite 1978 University of Benin: Benin City, Nigeria: Active [10] Gentlemen Clubs: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Jurists: Early 1990s Nigeria [2] Icelanders: German Nigeria Mbacho: Early 1990s Rivers State ...
The Pyrates logo is the Skull and Bones in red, black, and yellow. [9] Members are known as Seadogs and Saylors. [10] Its motto is "Against all moribund conventions". The organization has several sayings used as a sign of respect or greeting, including "Odas is Odas" ("Orders is Orders"), "No Friend No Foe", and "Absolutely No Lagging".
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.
Nsibidi (also known as Nsibiri, [2] Nchibiddi or Nchibiddy [3]) is a system of symbols or proto-writing developed by the Ekpe secret society that traversed the southeastern part of Nigeria. They are classified as pictograms , though there have been suggestions that some are logograms or syllabograms .
Black Axe's symbol comes from NBM and is a black axe above two hands in chains or the shackles of colonialism. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Like NBM, its colors are white, black, and yellow. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Members wear white shirts, black pants, a yellow tie, and headgear consisting of a yellow ribbon. [ 2 ]
[6] Its symbol is a black axe above two hands in chains, symbolically smashing the shackles of colonialism. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] This represents its readiness to confront difficult tasks and to break social injustice, along with other vices that limit humanity's progress.
A confraternity infesting Nigerian society, particularly the country's universities, and responsible for large amounts of violent crime. Many reports exist of the ill effects cultism has on Nigerian society. One such report states: "[Cults] have brutally ravaged Nigeria’s 37 state-run institutions.