Tag: extortion
Customs denies extortion claim by US returnee
He added that the Murtala Muhammed International Airport command assured the public of its commitment to facilitating legitimate travel and…
3 Police Officers accused of extorting content creator detained
The content creator said he was eventually forced to withdraw and hand over ₦150,000 in cash before they were allowed to leave…
14 LASTMA officers to face disciplinary panel for extortion in Lagos
According to Oreagba "the male officers (11 Seniors & 3 Juniors) were caught at different locations across the State extorting…
15 police officers in detention over extortion
Abia State Police Command says it has arrested 15 police personnel under its command for allegedly extorting money from motorists…
Lagos Task Force arrests two for impersonation, extortion
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) on Monday arrested two suspects for…
FRSC denies alleged extortion over New Number Plates
The Federal Road Safe Corps (FRSC) has described as “incorrect, untrue and misleading” reports of alleged “ambush’’ and “extortion” by…
Extortion: JAMB cautions cyber café operators
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, cautioned private cyber cafe operators against extortion of prospective candidates who…
Extortion: 54 Cross River health workers to face sanctions
Fifty-four healthcare workers in Cross River are to be sanctioned over alleged extortion of money from the patients in different…
SARS operative arrested for extortion in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos has arrested one Insp. Charles Omotosho, an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for…
LASTMA sacks 20 over misconduct, arrests 5 others for extortion
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has sacked 20 officials over gross misconduct and arrested five others for extorting…
Extortion: Immigration boss denies practice at border towns
Mohammed Kyari, the Comptroller of Immigration in Jigawa has denied extortion of cattle breeders in border towns by officials of…
Bauchi residents allege extortion by officials during Birth Registration
Some residents of Bauchi metropolis on Monday alleged they were being charged some fees before obtaining birth certificates in the…
IGP sacks four policemen over extortion, bribery
The Inspector General Of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Sunday sacked four officers of the Ogun State Police Command over extortion…
Police sack two traffic wardens over extortion
The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, said it had dismissed two traffic wardens attached to the Wuse Police Division from…
Rivers police warns against blockage of roads, extortion
Rivers Police Command has warned that it would arrest and prosecute anybody caught blocking road and collecting money from motorists.
Police set up squad to check extortion among personnel
The Police Command in Enugu State has set up X-Squad and Monitoring Unit to fish out policemen who extorts tricycle…
Auchi poly sacks 13 lecturers over sexual harassment
Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic Auchi in Edo have sacked 13 lecturers and demoted 16 others over sexual harassment and…
2 students sentenced to flogging for extortion, impersonation
A Gudu Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced two students, Azubuko Onyekachi, 27, Daniel Ododo, 18, to seven strokes of…
Clearing agents accuse customs officials of extortion
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Thursday alleged that officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) were…
Oshiomhole accuses Edo traffic officials of extortion, disbands agency
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole Wednesday accused officials of the state traffic management agency, (EDSTMA), of harassing and…
Pastor in prison over abduction of housewife, extortion
An IIorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded in prison a 45-year-old pastor, Adeyemi Tayo, over alleged abduction of a housewife.…
EFCC operative arrested for extortion
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, deputy detective superintendent, DDS, has been arrested…
ICPC cautions VIOs against extortion, bribery
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has advised Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) in Kaduna State to…
Man arrested for mounting illegal toll gate for extortion
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested a man who allegedly erected a toll gate and was using it to extort…
Police recruitment: Buhari warns against extortion of applicants
President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday warned that he will not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from…
Bus Driver’s Death: Ogoni gives police 14-day ultimatum
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned in strong terms the unjustified,…
Wike flags off ‘Operation Keep Moving’, warns against extortion
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has officially flagged off “Operation Keep Moving” after inaugurating the Traffic Decongestion Committee (TDC), at…
Attention! Lagos CP
By Segun Ojumatimi In the December 5, 2014 edition of Vanguard Newspaper, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode…
Amnesty Releases Report On Torture In Nigeria
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Global watchdog, Amnesty International, Thursday in Abuja released a report detailing incidences of torture and other ill treatment…
Stop Extortion, Harassment Of Lagosians
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has warned officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, to…