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#BBViral: What does it mean to have ‘Farouk-iosis’?

by Hauwa Gambo This has gone viral via BlackBerries – enjoy it! New dictionary words… Farouk (Verb): To collect bribe and deny it, attributing evidence to video doctoring. Past tense: farouked. Example: To farouk is human … Farouker (Noun): A person who farouks. Example: The National Assembly is populated with faroukers. Faroukee (Noun): A person... Read More

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Dele Momodu: How they catch monkeys in Nigeria

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, if you missed last week’s Pendulum you’ve missed something atavistic. Titled ‘How They Catch Monkeys in Brazil’, the article generated so much controversy all through the week. It was certainly a prelude to the unfolding tragic saga of the most outlandish bribery scandal in Nigeria. What made it so scandalous... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: “I was never in possession of the $620, 000” -Lawan’s alibi disowns him

by Stanley Azuakola Where is the money, Farouk? Everybody wants to know. The answer to that question however, seems to still be very far away. Lawan had earlier claimed that he formally informed Hon. Adams Jagaba, the Chairman of the House Committee on Drugs, Financial Crimes and Narcotics, about Otedola’s antics. He also said that he... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: Intrigue afoot as police officers are detained for helping Lawan, might tender bribe money today

by Stanley Azuakola The Nigeria Police Force is in a tight fix. A suspect, who has admitted to receiving bribes of about $620, 000, has refused to turn in the money. If this suspect was a common criminal or an ordinary man with low standing in society, he probably would have been pummelled into submission. The... Read More

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The forgotten case files: 21 National Assembly probes in 4 years, where are the results?

by Stanley Azuakola Since 2008 till date, there has been a total of twenty-one major National Assembly probes. That comes down to at least one probe every quarter. Usually, the life cycle of a probe is as follows: Confrontation stage (where senators or honourables voice their great displeasure over a matter). Committee stage (where a committee is... Read More

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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: The House’s Trump Card

Watching events unfold over the past few days, I have come to conclusion that there is more to the House of Representatives’ subsidy probe report than meets the eye. I might be weaving a convoluted conspiracy theory and probably have an overactive imagination. But then again, Nigeria is one place where what you see, is... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: “We cannot vouch for him”-House of Reps

by Chi Ibe Farouk Lawan, embattled member of the House of Representatives is yet to see an end to his travails. Before he could get a bit of fresh air after his release from police custody days ago, the “honourable” member of the house was hit with a fresh battle from his constituents over his... Read More

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How Ojo Maduekwe got into the English Dictionary and more…in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Ojo Maduekwe Gets Into English Dictionary Nigeria’s new Canadian ambassador, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is going places. All over the world, his remarkable gift of being able to find his way into any government is being recognised and hailed. His latest appointment by President Jonathan as Nigeria’s ambassador to Canada is the 10th... Read More

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Free for now: Farouk Lawan released on bail

by Stanley Azuakola The drama surely has not ended. But there was temporary respite for embattled member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Farouk Lawan. Lawan, who has been in custody since Thursday when he answered the police invitation to come and answer questions regarding his role in the $620, 000 bribery scandal, was released... Read More

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Opinion: How cheap is Farouk Lawan?

by Mbasekei Martin Obono In a country that makes heroes out of people who do normal things – like carrying out the jobs they are paid or elected to do, or by just summoning the courage to say what is right, Farouk Lawan would easily pass as a hero. Mr. Lawan is a charmer whose... Read More

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Farouk Lawan Video: “He hid the money in his cap and put it on his head”

by Stanley Azuakola Most Nigerians are hoping that someday soon, the video showing member of House of Representatives collecting bribes from Mr. Femi Otedola would be released or leaked to the public. While the wait continues for such a day, reporters from Premium Times spoke with officials who had seen the video and wrote a... Read More

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Dele Momodu: How they catch monkeys in Brazil

by Dele Momodu Beware of those who seek to take care of your need Lest your caretakers become your jailers” -Jim Rohn, The Treasury of Quotes Fellow Nigerians, if you grew up in my generation or much earlier, you are likely to have come across the novels of one of the best thriller writers of... Read More

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Report: Farouk Lawan may spend weekend in detention, to sue police on Monday

by Hauwa Gambo Lawyers to the (former?) chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, may be heading to court on Monday. (Read updates on FemiVSFarouk bribe scandal HERE) As at 7pm yesterday, the legislator was still detailed along with the clerk of his committee, after they reported at the... Read More

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#BBViral: The Gospel according to Saint Farouk

This was first published on Omojuwa.com by Zebbook – it’s now gone viral! Well, enjoy it: 1) And it came to pass after these things, on the first day of the first month of the twelfth year after the second millennium, that king Jona son of Bele announced to the people saying; there is no... Read More

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Farouk Lawan is suspended – and 6 other thingss that happened in the House today

by Stanley Azuakola We know how easily some of us get bored with what goes on in Abuja. Not many would consider sitting in front of their TVs watching men in flowing agbadas raise points of order, move motion, heckle each other and yell ‘Ayes’ and ‘Nays,’ as their idea of a fun-filled morning. Because... Read More

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#FemiVsFarouk: Police detain Lawan, D-day in the House

by Stanley Azuakola Embattled member of the House of Representatives, Hon Farouk Lawan, was not released after his interrogation by the Police at the Force Headquarters yesterday. The legislator finally honoured the invitation of the police on Thursday after repeated calls for him to show had fallen on deaf ears. With the new development, it... Read More

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Leadership Editorial: Lawan, Otedola, N2.6trn thieves must face justice

by Hauwa Gambo Our friends at Leadership aren’t pulling any punches about the latest round of bribe scandals, and that’s just the way we like it. As they remind us: This scandal has been following a familiar path. Four short years ago, a House of Reps panel on power exposed the looting of $16billion in... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: At last, Lawan submits himself to the police

by Stanley Azuakola Hon Farouk Lawan, the man who has made all the headlines this week, finally showed up at the Police Force Headquarters today. At the Louis Edet House, he was grilled by the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, and three Commissioners of Police over his role in the $620,000 bribery saga.... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: The interest above Nigeria’s interest (YNaija FrontPage)

He had a chance to stay a hero and he chose the path of zero. Hon. Farouk Lawan has compromised the veracity of the fuel subsidy probe… I respected Hon. Farouk Lawan a lot. He always looked composed and in control. When I had the chance to meet him just after Occupy Nigeria, he was... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: The great PDP cover-up of 2012, but for whom?

by Tolu Orekoya Full of accusations, counter accusations, denials and then confessions, the $620,000 (or $3 million) scandal has now taken another turn with PDP members of the House trying to suppress public exposure or discussion of the details of the case. The tussle between Femi Otedola the oil magnate, accused of proferring the bribe, and Farouk Lawan,... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: The noose tightens around Lawan as Otedola appears before Police Task Force

by Stanley Azuakola To be sure, Farouk Lawan is still innocent until proven guilty. Lawan has been accused by Femi Otedola, the business mogul, of soliciting and receiving bribes amounting to $620,000, allegations which he has both denied and confirmed. Public opinion has swung fully against him, but in the eyes of the law, he... Read More

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#FaroukLawan: How Obasanjo nailed Farouk Lawan

by Stanley Azuakola As long as he is alive, Olusegun Obasanjo, will always be a factor in the political affairs of Nigeria. Five years have gone by since he ceased being president, yet there’s hardly a national issue in which he is not directly or indirectly involved, or for which he does not at least have a... Read More

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Report: I took it – Farouk Lawan admits

by Hauwa Gambo There are new reports that Farouk Lawan, the embattled House of Representatives member accused of extorting and receiving a bribe from businessman Femi Otedola, has finally admitted culpability. It will be recalled that as recently as yesterday he had vehemently denied the accusations. Daily Times is now reporting however that he is... Read More

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“He collected the money and put in his agbada trousers” – Shocking details on the Farouk Lawan bribery deal

by Hauwa Gambo Premium Times has published the result of an impressive investigation into the sting operation organised by the State Security Service and Femi Otedola, one of the nation’s oil and gas chiefs. The investigation seems to prove the alleged extortion, by Farouk Lawan, chair of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee that produced... Read More

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Alleged $620,000 bribe: Femi Otedola reveals how he bribed Farouk Lawan

by Stanley AzuakolaMore chilling details have emerged about the $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe. Mr Femi Otedola, one of Nigeria’s foremost business men and a major actor in the scandal, has given his own version of what transpired between him and the... Read More

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#FuelSubsidyReport: It is a caricature of me – Hon Farouk Lawan

In response to news reports recently circulating on an alleged $600,000 bribery of Honourable Farouk Lawan, the chairman of the House of Assembly ad hoc committee on the fuel subsidy, Lawan has issued the statement below. My attention has been drawn to several newspapers and internet stories alleging that a prominent member of the House Adhoc Committee on... Read More

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Premium Times reports: Senators bribed in dollars just before fuel subsidy removal announcement

Chi Ibe The President of the Senate, David Mark, is said to have distributed huge sums in U.S. dollars to each of the country’s 109 Senators over the Christmas period just before the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy on Petroleum products, Premium Times reports. The bribes were paid out before the Senate... Read More

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January 31, 2012

Opinion: Who will tame The Nigerian Police Force?

by Akanimo Asuquo Sunday The police in Nigeria are an endangered species that may be heading toward extinction… ‘The police is your friend’, so says the jaded cliché. In reality, the reverse seems to be the case .The irony of this statement is evident in the hostile and aggressive manner that Nigerian policemen bark out... Read More

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