Tag: Farouk Lawan
Grateful to be alive! Farouk Lawan breaks silence after leaving prison
Lawan had been convicted for attempting to extort a $3 million bribe from Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon, Femi Otedola, while…
CACOL hails Supreme Court judgment affirming Farouk Lawan’s jail term
The apex court, in an unanimous decision by a five-member panel, dismissed as lacking in merit, an appeal the former…
CACOL commends ICPC over Farouk Lawan’s conviction
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has hailed the conviction and sentencing of a former member of the…
JUST IN: Farouk Lawan sentenced to 7 years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe
A former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment over $500,000 bribe from…
$500K bribery: Judge dismisses ex-Rep Farouk Lawan’s no-case submission
Farouk Lawan a former House of Representatives member was told by a Federal High Court in Abuja today to enter…
$620k Bribe: Farouk, Emenalo Re-Arraigned
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan and its former secretary, Mr.…
Farouk, Emenalo Stall court over $620k bribery case
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Embattled former Chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representatives’ Adhoc committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan and…
Lawan, Emenalo fail to stop bribery trial
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja It was indeed a sad Friday for embattled former chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representative’s adhoc…
$620,000 Bribe: Farouk, Emenalo bailed
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc committee on the probe fuel subsidy regime,…
Reps Lawan, Emenalo remanded in prison
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Lawan Farouk and Boniface Emenalo, both Chairman and Secretary of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee…
$620,000 Bribe: Farouk, Emenalo For Arraignment Friday
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke has bowed to pressure to file charges…
Bribery: Keyamo threatens to prosecute Lawan
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE As the seven-day ultimatum given by popular Lagos-based lawyer,Festus Keyamo, to the Nigerian police for the prosecution of…
Faroukgate: Lawan Battles Otedola
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigerians’ hope of unraveling the truth behind the alleged demand and receipt of $620, 000 by…
Bribery: More troubles for Farouk Lawan
For claiming that he is in the possession of $620,000 he collected from Femi Otedola, Zenon oil boss, Adams Jagaba,…
Judge arrests House report on oil subsidy scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As the $620,000 subsidy probe’s bribery allegation rages, one of the oil marketers indicted by the…
Farouk Lawan: Group wants deputy speaker probed
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja An advocacy group, the Public Interest Lawyers League PILL, on Monday called for the investigation and…
The ‘Farogue’ Scandal
Farouk Lawan, Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee that probed the mismanagement of the fuel subsidy is in trouble after receiving…
Farouk Lawan gets police bail
The police has granted bail to shamed Representative Farouk Lawan arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in a $620,000 bribery…
Lawan Suspended, Tambuwal Gets Confidence Vote
The House of Representatives this morning moved swiftly to distance itself from the much publicised $620,000 bribery scandal rocking the…
Nigerian House passes vote of confidence in Speaker
Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives has gotten the overwhelming endorsement of his colleagues. At the emergency plenary…
Bribery: Nigerian police quiz Lawan
Lawan Farouk, Member of the Nigerian House of Representatives accused of receiving a bribe of 620,000 dollars from oil magnate…
Reps Move To Save Tambuwal, Lawan Faces Suspension
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is convening for an emergency plenary session tomorrow to consider how to prevent the brewing controversies…
Lawan Keeps Cops Waiting
Farouk Lawan, the embattled Chairman of House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on subsidy payments who is currently enmeshed in…
Implement Report On Fuel Subsidy -ACN Insists
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the allegation of bribery involving the chair of the House of Representatives…
Pressure Mounts On Speaker Tambuwal Over Lawan
Some lawmakers have started mounting pressure on the Honourable Aminu Tambuwal leadership of the House of Representatives to take concrete…
$600,000 Bribe: Falana Calls For Lawan’s Arrest, Trial
Farouk Lawan, the quintessential member of the House of Representatives and often tagged ‘face of a true legislature,’ or ‘Mr.…
Subsidy: Farouk Debunks Bribery Allegations
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Farouk Lawan, the Chairman of House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on fuel subsidy has denied reports that…
SUBSIDY PROBE: Reps Want Total Overhaul of Oil Sector
Members of the House of Representatives Wednesday expressed their desire to have a total overhaul of the entire oil sector.…
Nigerian Governor Escapes Indictment, As Reps Debate On Oil Subsidy Report
The House of Representatives today concluded its debate of the oil subsidy report submitted to it by chairman of the…
Subsidy Report: I Have Been Vindicated —Yishawu
The lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has said that the report…