Tag: extortion
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…