•Police Many residents of Uromi are still skeptical about what would befall them, as life gradually returns to the town, a week after 16 northern travellers, mistaken for kidnappers, were killed by a mob, even as they accused the police of indiscriminate arrest and extortion. This was evident yesterday, which was the market day in […]
A coalition of maritime transport operators, including the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has issued a three-day ultimatum to the Lagos State Government demanding the immediate disbandment of two committees for alleged extortion an...
A civil society group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has urged the Police Service Commission to order an independent investigation into the alleged kidnapping, extortion, and abuse of power involving members of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, reports The Nation. RULAAC’s appeal followed allega...
•Seme border In a move to address alleged extortion and restore order along the Seme border corridor, security stakeholders, yesterday, approved the establishment of four checkpoints. The decision was reached during a high-level security meeting held at the Zone 2 Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, reports Vanguard. The meeting, chaired by...
The Skyway Aviation Handling Company has sacked a member of its staff, (name withheld), who was accused of passenger extortion and harassment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that the sacked staff member, together with some other airport workers, allegedly extorted N100,000 from a traveller to South Africa ...
•Paul Pogba and jailed brother Mathias A Paris court today sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case. Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars, reports AFP. ...
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo Scores of passengers at the premier gateway – Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos – have decried the harassment they go through as unacceptable. They blamed the harassment on overzealous security and para-military personnel, who, in the guise of carrying out their duties, extort them, reports ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has revealed that the Force has successfully recovered N10 million allegedly extorted from a group of young Nigerians by four officers in Bayelsa State. The officers, identified as ASP Emmanuel Ubong and Inspectors Nse Okon, Adiewere Collins, and Kuromare Marin...
•Traders under the pedestrian bridge Some business owners plying their trade in the Ikeja area of Lagos State have lamented alleged harassment and extortion by enforcement officers from the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat. The traders who spoke to our correspondent on Wednesday accused the officers, who were said to be from the environmenta...
Irate students at the College of Health Sciences and Technology in Jega, Kebbi State, have set the residence of Provost Haruna Saidu-Sauwa on fire and vandalised his vehicle. The protest erupted over allegations that the college management extorted N23 million from students regarding index registration for 250 graduating students, reports Chan...
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