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Nigeria: Leadership Finally Confirms - Farouk Lawan Took Bribe in Dollars
Leadership, 12 June 2012
Contrary to his frantic denial of involvement in the ongoing scandal over a $3m bribery allegation, the chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on the fuel… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fresh Bribery Scandal Hits Parliament
There are allegations that Farouk Lawan, chairperson of the House committee that probed the fuel subsidy, was involved in a U.S.$3 million bribe scam.
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Nigeria: I Told EFCC About Bribe Money in April - Lawan Farouk
Vanguard, 12 June 2012
Farouk Lawan who is at the centre of the $3 million bribery scandal in the House of Representatives, yesterday revealed in Abuja, that he reported the bribe to law enforcement… Read more »
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Nigeria: Lawan, Otedola, N2.6 Trillion Thieves Must Face Justice
Leadership, 12 June 2012
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… Read more »
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Nigeria: Falana Wants Bribery Allegation Against Faruk Lawan Probed
Daily Trust, 12 June 2012
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on anti-graft agencies to arrest and prosecute chairman House Committee on Fuel Subsidy Farouk Lawan over his alleged role in collection… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.$3 Million Bribery Scandal - House Weighs Sanctions for Farouk
Vanguard, 12 June 2012
The leadership of the House of Representatives was last night considering two options in the wake of the bribery scandal that has engulfed its investigation into the utilisation of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fresh Scandal Brews Over Farouk Lawan's U.S.$600,000 Bribery Scandal
Vanguard, 9 June 2012
There are indications that fresh trouble is brewing at the House of Representatives over allegations that Chairman of the House's Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy Hon. Farouk… Read more »
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Nigeria: Subsidy Probe - Representatives Investigate U.S.$3 Million Bribe
Leadership, 10 June 2012
Following an allegation that a member of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on subsidy probe was compromised by an oil magnate with the sum of $3 million, the House… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Probe - Otedola Confirms Bribe to Lawmakers
This Day, 11 June 2012
The full details of the $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe were revealed yesterday, as one of… Read more »
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Nigeria: I Didn't Collect U.S.$600,000 Bribe From Oil Marketer - Farouk Lawan
Leadership, 11 June 2012
Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, has denied allegation that a member of the committee received $600,000 bribes from an oil… Read more »
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Nigeria: I Never Collected U.S.$600,000 Bribe From Oil Baron - Farouk Lawan
Daily Trust, 11 June 2012
Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Rep. Farouk Lawan (PDP, Kano), yesterday denied he had received $600,000 bribe from an oil marketer to… Read more »
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Nigeria: I'm Not Guilty - Lawan
Vanguard, 11 June 2012
Reacting to the development yesterday, Rep. Lawan in a prepared statement said: "My attention has been drawn to several newspapers and internet stories alleging that a prominent… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. $3 Million Bribery Scandal - Lawan Farouk On His Own - Reps
Vanguard, 11 June 2012
Embittered members of the House of Representatives, yesterday, distanced themselves from Lawan Farouk, chairman of the House committee that probed fuel subisdy, over alleged $3… Read more »
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Nigeria: Death, Bribery and All That
Daily Trust, 11 June 2012
For me, the most painful thing about death is its finality. No one who steps beyond this mortal realm ever returns to it. One moment here, the next minute eternity. Wondrous are… Read more »
