Tag Archives: Farouk Lawan
Leadership Months after the embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Education and chairman of the ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan, was suspended as chairman of both committees for alleged involvement in bribery, Speaker of the House … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Chairman, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, house of representatives, IndepthAfrica, Kano State, Kebbi State, Lawan, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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During the Vietnam War – a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 – many Americans appeared thorn between the patriotic impulse … read more »
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Tagged Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Farouk Lawan, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sofitel New York Hotel, United States, Vietnam, vietnam war
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The former chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on the oil subsidy regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan, has been remanded in prison for one week by an Abuja High Court for allegedly demanding and obtaining bribe. Mr. Lawan and … read more »
BY Justine John DYIKUK A cursory look at the massive outrage that greeted the country following the judgement to wit ‘two (2) years imprisonment or an option of $1500 fine’ (the equivalent of N750,000) delivered by Justice Talba Abubakar on … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, criminal code, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Farouk Lawan, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Victor Ndoma-Egba
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By Dr Doyin Okupe The current rating of the Transparency International is not the fault of the present administration but due to decades endemic corruption in our polity. Therefore the statement by Action Congress’ Lai Mohammed, placing the blame for … read more »
By Nana Gwadabe June 12th, 2012 by Japh – You already know the side of the story that says Femi Otedola gave Farouk Lawan $620,000 and that bit is very much true. Below is the part of the drama that … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, House, House of Representative, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nigeria, Otedola, Subsidy
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by Leadership Editorial Anti-graft agencies now have another opportunity to prove that Nigeria is not yet “a paradise for maggots” (the title of a new book on Nuhu Ribadu, EFCC’s first chairman) by getting all the actors (and actresses) in … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, House, House of Representative, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nigeria, Otedola, Subsidy
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As Police investigations into the $620, 000 bribe money allegedly collected by the Chairman of House of Representative probe committee on oil Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan continues, Vanguard can report authoritatively that Police authorities have tagged Hon. Lawan as the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bribery, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, House of Representative, IndepthAfrica, Special Task Force, State Security Service, Subsidy, United States House of Representatives
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Chairman, House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee Monitoring the Fuel Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, sang a different tune Monday over his role in the allegation that he collected $620,000 from the Chairman of Zenon Oil and Gas, Mr. Femi Otedola, … read more »
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Tagged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, House, Inspector-General of Police, Lawan, Otedola, Thisday
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by Olusegun Adeniyi Barely a few months in office as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh faced a serious crisis that threatened her office and would ultimately send her parking. In the bid to … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Augustus Aikhomu, Dominican Republic, Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Farouk Lawan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria
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Rules out imminence e of full subsidy removal The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday said the Farouk Lawan-led House of Representatives ad hoc committee, which probed the oil subsidy, was unfair to her. The minister said it … read more »
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Tagged Diezani Alison-Madueke, Farouk Lawan, Goodluck Jonathan, House, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Petroleum product, Subsidy
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The report of the fuel subsidy probe will feature prominently on the agenda of the House of Representatives as the lawmakers reconvene on Tuesday after a two-week Easter vacation. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the House might list the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arunma Oteh, Farouk Lawan, House, house of representatives, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Subsidy, Tuesday
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Nigeria’s fuel regulator said on Monday it has issued gasoline import contracts for the second quarter, the first tender result since a public outcry forced the government to back down on plans to scrap consumer petrol subsidies in January. Permits … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ExxonMobil, Farouk Lawan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nuhu Ribadu, Subsidy
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Jolted by a public outcry since the start of the year, Nigeria’s government has announced a series of measures to address oil industry corruption in the world’s eighth biggest producer. It is an issue that may come to define Goodluck … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Farouk Lawan, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, KPMG, Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Subsidy
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