The objective of the study was to ascertain if the coverage of human killings for money rituals in Nigerian newspapers contributes to the increase in human killings for money ritual purposes. The study employed a survey design to investigate the subject matter among a sample of 400 respondents. Findings revealed that the audience's perception of newspaper coverage of human killings for money rituals is high and does not contribute to an increase in human killings for money rituals. On the contrary, the tested hypothesis revealed that newspaper coverage of human killing for money rituals contributes to this menace. Also, audiences are of the view that the Nigerian newspapers’ coverage of human killings for money rituals contributes little or nothing to the government curbing the menace in society. The recommendation was for Nigerian newspapers to intensify their coverage of human killings for money rituals. The goal is to provoke the government into creating policies that would help end the problem and promote national growth.