Tag: extortion
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15 police officers in detention over extortion
The leadership of the Abia State Police Command says it has arrested 15 police personnel under its command for allegedly extorting money from motorists and other members of the public. The police officers, it was learnt are standing orderly room trial at the command’s Headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital. The Commissioner of Police in…
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Embarrassing photos: “I prefer to… see what crawls out”, says Jeff Bezos
Billionaire founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has said he prefers “to stand up, roll this log over, and see what crawls out” after National Enquirer, a media outfit owned by American Media, Inc. (AMI) threatened to publish embarrassing photos of him. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Bezos, who jointly with MacKenzie, his ex-wife, announced their divorce recently,…
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Cross River to sanction 54 health workers for extorting patients
Fifty-four healthcare workers in Cross River State are to be sanctioned over alleged extortion of money from patients in different primary healthcare facilities across the state. Dr Betta Edu, the Director-General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, made this known on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar. Edu told…
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Panic in Ekiti as soldiers, police clash over alleged extortion
There was pandemonium in Ekiti State on Thursday as a group of soldiers from the state who had just completed their recruitment training attacked policemen. In the attack, the soldiers stabbed a policeman, Cpl. Abdulkadir Yakub, with a jack-knife. An eyewitness said Yakubu, a Traffic Police Officer, was attacked after he challenged the soldiers for…
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Extortion: NIS bans cash payments at passport offices
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has banned cash payments for passport processing as part of efforts to eliminate corruption at all passport offices nationwide. NIS spokesperson, Sunday James, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. He said that the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, has directed that henceforth…
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IGP fires four policemen over extortion
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has sacked four policemen attached to Ijebu-Ode Area Command in Ogun State. The men were found guilty of extorting N50,000 from a man they arrested. Affected by the dismissal are Inspector Mufutau Olaosun, Sgt. Adebayo Temitope, Cpl. Bakare Taiwo and Cpl. Adesoye Ayokunlehin. According to a statement by…