Extortion Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/extortion/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Sat, 16 May 2026 11:15:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 Extortion Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/extortion/ 32 32 42672738 Police Dismiss, Prosecute Officers Over Kidnapping, Robbery, Extortion in Rivers https://prnigeria.com/2026/05/16/police-dismiss-prosecute/ Sat, 16 May 2026 11:15:23 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=190010 Police Dismiss, Prosecute Officers Over Kidnapping, Robbery, Extortion in Rivers The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed, arrested and commenced prosecution of several police personnel implicated in kidnapping, armed robbery, extortion and other criminal activities in Rivers State as part of ongoing internal disciplinary reforms. In a statement issued on May 14, 2026, by the Force […]

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]]> 190010 Court Remands Lawyer, Four Others Over Cyber Stalking and Extortion of Senator Shehu Buba https://prnigeria.com/2025/10/30/court-remands-lawyer-four-over/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:11:08 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=172869 Court Remands Lawyer, Four Others Over Cyber Stalking and Extortion of Senator Shehu Buba A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of a legal practitioner, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and four co-defendants at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) until November 10, following their arraignment on an 11-count charge bordering on cyber bullying, advance […]

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]]> 172869 Lagos CP Warns Officers Against Extortion, Rights Violations https://prnigeria.com/2025/09/26/lagos-warns-officers-against/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:54:52 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=170576 Lagos CP Warns Officers Against Extortion, Rights Violations The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has cautioned officers against unprofessional conduct, warning that extortion, harassment, human rights violations, and name-calling will no longer be tolerated in the Command. Jimoh gave the warning during a strategic lecture with Deputy Commissioners of Police, Area […]

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]]> 170576 CP Adewale Warns Police Officers Against Illegal Detention, Extortion in FCT Command https://prnigeria.com/2025/06/21/adewale-warns-officers-illegal/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:03:56 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=164666 CP Adewale Warns Police Officers Against Illegal Detention, Extortion in FCT Command The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, CP Ajao S. Adewale, has issued a stern warning to police officers across the Command, directing them to desist from illegal detention, interference in civil disputes, particularly land matters, and all forms of extortion. […]

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]]> 164666 OPINION: When Police Become Predators in Uniform https://prnigeria.com/2025/03/15/police-predators-uniform/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:36:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=158583 OPINION: When Police Become Predators in Uniform Police officers are sworn to protect, yet too often, they become the very predators citizens fear. The recent case of police extortion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, as highlighted by an editorial of the Nigerian Tribune newspaper of Friday, March 14, 2025, is just one of many disturbing […]

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]]> 158583 INVESTIGATION: How Extortion by Immigration Officers is Worsening Passport Registration, Issuance https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/21/passport-registration-issuance-immigration/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:45:39 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=107456 INVESTIGATION: How Extortion by Immigration Officers is Worsening Passport Registration, Issuance By Salis Muhammad Manager and Lawal Dahiru Mamman “Do you know how many times I have visited this place just to get this passport of a thing? The whole process is supposed to be seamless with technology. But no, we were still made to […]

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]]> 107456 Lagos Command Takes to Curb Police Harassment, Extortion https://prnigeria.com/2020/10/04/lagos-command-curb-police-harassment-extortion/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:10:41 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=53784 Lagos Command Takes to Curb Police Harassment, Extortion The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the Police Public Relations Officer of the command to roll out the phone numbers of the Public Complaint Bureau of the command,in addition to the already released phone numbers, to the general public in order to […]

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]]> 53784 Extortion: EFCC Warns against Name Dropping of Magu, Officials https://prnigeria.com/2020/02/24/extortion-efcc-warns-officials/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:56:33 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=29653 Extortion: EFCC Warns against Name Dropping of Magu, Officials The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has warned fraudsters especially those who have been dropping his name and that of the Officers and men of the Commission to fraudulently obtain money from unsuspecting members of the public to be […]

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]]> 29653 Gov Zulum Commends Army for swift investigation of Extortion https://prnigeria.com/2020/01/07/zulum-commends-army-investigation/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:16:32 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=27950 Gov Zulum Commends Army for swift investigation of Extortion Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has paid tribute to headquarters of the Nigerian Army for the swiftness with which the army announced readiness to immediately investigate conducts involving stop and search of passengers around Njimtilo. Zulum spoke in reaction to a statement issued last night […]

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]]> 27950 Extortion: EFCC warns Ex-Officers Parading as Commission Staff https://prnigeria.com/2019/01/31/extortion-efcc-warns-exofficers/ https://prnigeria.com/2019/01/31/extortion-efcc-warns-exofficers/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:15:55 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=17844 Extortion: EFCC warns Ex-Officers Parading as Commission Staff The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to the activities of some former staff of the EFCC still parading themselves as being in the employ of the Commission, and using this means to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Preliminary investigation […]

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