Extortion

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state has directed immediate suspension of all officials named in alleged extortion of farmers in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture through the sale of unauthorised registration forms.In a…

FIVE fake officials of a local government in Lagos State who allegedly extorted N41,000 from a professor have been arrested by the police in the state.The suspects, who were arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS),…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB)has secured the conviction of a pastor and his wife and two others for the extortion of candidates in the sales of the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and…

Mr Isyaka Hadeijia, Chairman, Ram Market, Bogobiri, Calabar on Monday decried the excessive extortion of livestock transporters in the country. Hadeijia told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar that he paid N300,000 for the vehicle…

In order to enhance people oriented policing and effective service delivery in Anambra State, the Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Mustapha Dandaura has on Wednesday summoned all officers and men attached to Safer/Federal Highway…

The Police on Thursday arraigned a driver, Kelvin Anayor, in a Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly extorting N50,000 from a passenger.Anayor, who resides in Karmo village, Abuja, is facing a two-count charge bordering on…

Truckers struggling to gain access to the ports have lamented that they pay as much as N14m monthly to the Joint Security Task Force set up by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.The Joint Task Force comprising of the Police,…

HUNDREDS of tricycle operators popularly called  keke  have staged a peaceful protest in Abakaliki the Ebonyi State capital over extortion and multiple taxation by some state government agents.The angry keke operators as early as 7 O…

THE Coalition of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accredited observer groups have accused the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kogi State of extorting money from people before they could be…

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has arrested about 25 suspects for alleged extortion and illegally selling registration materials to the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates.Registrar/Chief…