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Farouk Lawan: The Rot Deepens

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Farouk Lawan The crisis rocking the National Assembly deepens as the House of Representatives adopts desperate measures to redeem its image from the Oil Subsidy Probe scandal Last week the crisis rocking the House of Representatives deepened as the lawmakers faced the conflict of producing the marked $620,000 bribe money which Farouk Lawan, former […]

Hand over French ship to EFCC, Reps tell Navy

Posted by admin Armed Forces, EFCC Politics, House, Legislature Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream)/Navy has directed the Nigerian Navy to hand over the French ship, MT Vannessa, which was impounded on June 9 for allegedly being in possession of 8.5 million barrels of the country’s crude oil, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Announcing the decision of the […]

Dana plane crash: N300bn aviation intervention fund diverted –N’ Assembly

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By: ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:52 The National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation investigating crash of the Dana and Allied Airlines Aircraft yesterday said N300 billion Aviation Intervention Fund has been diverted by industry operators. The committee, chaired by Senator Hope Uzodinma, also revealed how Air Nigeria allegedly accessed N39.3 billion out […]

Lawan returns to House, backs suspension by Reps

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, June 21st, 2012

June 22, 2012 by John Ameh, Abuja Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Monitoring of Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan, made a dramatic reappearance at the House on Thursday, the first since the $3m bribery scandal involving him broke out. Chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola, had claimed that he […]

Lawan promises to surrender N93m bribe

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Raw Politics, Uncategorized Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Embattled lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, has finally promised to surrender the $500,000 bribe to the Special Task Force before the end of the week following serious psychological and physical pressures mounted on him by investigators. It was learnt that Lawan succumbed to the pressure mounted him by the STF Commissioner of Police, Ali Ahmodu, on Wednesday […]

Senate pledges transparent probes, others (Empty pledges)

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Mark tasks Nigerians on constitution review, security DESPITE the fury over the alleged $620,000 bribe collected by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated fuel subsidy management, Farouk Lawan, Senate President David Mark, yesterday said that the upper chamber would not be distracted in the conduct of its constitutional role. He, […]

$3m scandal: Confusion over whereabouts of $620,000

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Confusion reigned in Abuja on Tuesday as to the whereabouts of the $620,000 said to have been collected from oil magnate. Mr Femi Otedola by the embattled chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on fuel subsidy scheme, Honourable Farouk Lawan. There were indications that the bribe- marked dollar notes- had been spent and could […]

Farouk Lawan’s Psalm 23

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Otedola is my briber, I did not ask. He maketh me to sit down in his luxurious house. He leadeth me beside the chilled champagne. *wine* He exploited my greed. *gift* He leadeth me in the paths of marked dollars, for subsidy’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of EFCC, […]

Jagaba denies collecting $620,000 bribe from Lawan (Serial liars)

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, on Tuesday opened up on the $620,000 bribe allegedly collected by Mr. Farouk Lawan from businessman, Femi Otedola. Jagaba, whose committee oversees the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, wrote the Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, denying to […]

Reps grill Sanusi over donations, spendings

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Legislature Monday, June 18th, 2012

June 19, 2012 by John Ameh, Abuja 35 Comments CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi | credits: File copy House of Representatives and the Central Bank of Nigeria, Governor Lamido Sanusi, on Monday disagreed over the power of the bank to authorise expenditure without recourse to the National Assembly. Members of the House Committee on Banking […]