Tag: extortion
NCoS refutes report of extorting suspects before admission in custody
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed an online report accusing its officers of extorting money before admitting remanded suspects in...
NIS chief warns officers against extortion in passport processing
By BUKOLA ADEOYE
LAGOS- The Comptroller – General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (CGIS), Mr Idris Jere, on Wednesday warned officers to stay away from...
I-G warns police personnel against extortion, indiscipline
By PETER UWUMAROGIE
GOMBE- The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has warned police personnel in the country against extortion and other acts of...
I-G expresses disappointment over brutality, extortion by police officers
By MONDAY IJEH
ABUJA- Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has expressed disappointment at reports of brutality and extortion of members of the public by...
Police arrest officer allegedly engaging in extortion in viral video
By USMAN ALIYU
BENIN- The Police Command in Edo has arrested a constable, Victor Osabuohign, caught allegedly engaging in an extortion conversation with a road...
FUTA students protest extortion, harassment by miscreants outside campus
The students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, trooped out of their campus to protest against the alleged harassment...
IGP orders probe of N22m bitcoin extortion by policemen
The Police on Monday launched a probe into the alleged extortion of N22million worth of Bitcoin by some policemen in Lagos.
Inspector-General of Police, (IGP)...
How I Was Forced To Borrow From Online Platform To Pay...
Kenneth Omovevah, a young contortionist and singer, has narrated how he was allegedly abused by officers of the Nigeria Police Force two times within...
Tonto Dikeh’s Ex, Prince Kpokpogri Reportedly Arrested by DSS Over Blackmail...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested Prince Kpokpogri, the ex-lover of actress Tonto Dikeh.
He was alleged to have been...
Extortion: Fake military officer, others nabbed in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Friday paraded a 32 year old man, Jack Bemdoo, for impersonating as an Air force officer,...
3 policemen dismissed for extorting LASU student
Three policemen who reportedly extorted N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba, a student of Lagos State University (LASU), have been dismissed from service.
Inspector Sunday John,...
We will remain neutral, impartial in our operations – STF Commander
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, says its officers and men...
Dealers Blame Customs, Extortion For Rising Cost Of Tokunbo Cars
Tokunbo car dealers have alleged extortion against customs officials at the ports, blaming this for a spike in the cost of imported cars.
The dealers...
Food blockade: Northern elders raise the alarm over negotiations
Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has raised an alarm over the negotiations of government with the Amalgamated Union of Traders and Cattle Breeders Association Union...
Resident raises alarm as disbanded SARS ‘returns’ to Lagos roads
A Lagos resident, Korede Abiodun, has raised alarm over the reappearance of disbanded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives on the road.
Abiodun on Wednesday...
Extortion: 4 police inspectors arrested in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on...
FG moves to end extortion on highways
Disturbed over series of complaints received due to extortion and multiple vehicular taxes imposed by agents alleged to be working with Local Governments Areas...
Over 8,000 passengers access e-ticketing on Abuja-Kaduna rail line – Amaechi
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Over 8,000 passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train route have accessed the e-ticketing just three days into the...
Luxury bus owners lament harassment, extortion
Owners of luxury buses on Saturday protested alleged harassment and extortion by suspected produce toll collectors along the nation’s highways, especially Benue and Ebonyi...
No plan to forcefully declare Biafra, says IPOB
THE proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday said it does not plan to declare a sovereign state of Biafra by force.
It said...