Five female students of Federal University, Dutsinma in Katsina State were abducted from their off-campus hostels by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, said the hostel attacked is behind Mariamoh Ajiri Memorial School, Dutsinma. Aliyu said the attack occurred at 2:00 a.m. He confirmed the arrest of an alleged informant to the terrorists, and said efforts are ongoing to rescue the victims unhurt. It is the...

While the Police are awaiting the result of the autopsy conducted on late singer Mohbad, an inquest (official investigation to find out the cause of death) will begin this Friday (Sept. 29). The inquest, convoked by the chief coroner in Lagos State, Justice M.A. Dada, will take place at a magistrate court in Ikorodu, Lagos, The West African Pilot News learned. The setting up of the inquest was in response to a series of demands...

A repentant Boko Haram member Musa Dauda has been arrested by Borno State Police Command for alleged killing and burying his ex-wife, Hafsat Musa. The suspect was said to have on Sept. 12 invited 45-year-old Hafsat to meet with him on her farm at Muhammed Goni stadium, Maiduguri. ASP Sani Kamilu, Borno State Police spokesman who stated in Maiduguri on Friday said Hafsat was nowhere to be found after honoring the invitation. “The case was...