Tag: extortion
Police, NDLEA, NSCDC officers arrested for extortion using POS machines
The Police Command in Imo has nabbed three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and two from the Nigeria Security and...
Police officers face trial for extorting Rivers resident N620,000
The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating some policemen alleged to have forcefully abducted and extorted a resident of N620,000 at gunpoint.
The...
IGP warns police officers against extortion, harassment on highways
The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has declared that serious sanctions awaited police officers who engaged in extortion and harassment, particularly on...
Job racketeering: Reps refute extortion’s report, summon NUC, VCs
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating job racketeering in Ministeries, Departments and Agencies has dismissed allegation of extortion of some MDAs by the...
Nigeria extradites siblings to U.S. over child sexual extortion
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has facilitated the extradition of siblings, Samuel Ogoshi and his brother, Samson, to the United States of...
Policemen, FRSC, LASTMA officers, 14 thugs arrested for extortion
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three of their officers, their Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Lagos State...
NPA raises the alarm on extortion at Lagos Port roads
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm over the increasing extortion along the access roads of the Lagos and Tin Can Island...
NYSC: UniAbuja speaks on graduating students extortion
The University of Abuja (UniAbuja) has described the reports on social media that it was extorting graduating students preparing for the National Youth Service...
Lagos CP removes DPO over N153,000 extortion from undergraduate
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogudu Police Division for the...
Police dismiss Sergeant over N98,000 extortion
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere attached to Sogunle Division for extorting a young man of N98,000.
The command’s spokesperson, SP...
