A high court in Lagos State has sentenced Drambi Vandi, a suspended assistant superintendent of police, to death by hanging for the murder of Mrs Bolanle Raheem. The court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annexe, Igbosere, Lagos Island, convicted Vandi of a one-count charge of murder. Raheem, a practising lawyer in Lagos, was shot dead by Vandi on December 25, 2022. She was returning from Christmas Day church service with her husband. After firing...

Rescues three Reverend Father Arrests Suspects Recovers Pump Action Guns, Nine Vehicles Police-led Forward Operating Base (FOB) comprising military and paramilitary Services based in Aguata and  supported by Police Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu yesterday, 6th October, 2023, stormed insurgents Camp at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area. Three abducted persons including a Reverend Father were rescued unhurt. Nine vehicles and three Pump Action Guns  were recovered. Three suspects were arrested. Also recovered were stolen...

Maj.-Gen. Umaru Muhammed, the erstwhile Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL) will know his fate on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Nigerian Army Special Court Martial sitting in Abuja has fixed the date for judgment in a case of stealing, forgery, misappropriation, and conspiracy brought against Maj.-Gen. Muhammed by the Nigerian Army. The President of the Court, Maj.-Gen. James Myam said on Wednesday that in the course of the trial, the accused had...

The Lagos State Police Command is offering N1 million to anyone who provides information on singer Primeboy’s whereabouts as they have declared him wanted. Benjamin Hundeyin, the public relations officer of the Lagos State Police Command, said the singer is wanted in connection with the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. Hundeyin said Primeboy, real name Owodunni Ibrahim, has failed to honour repeated invitations sent to him to report to the station to...

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...