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James Ibori transferred to UK maximum security prison

August 18, 2012 no comments

NAN – Convicted former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has been transferred to a maximum-security prison, the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. United Kingdom prison...

“Enough is enough”; Jagaba threatens to sue Lawan for R...

July 13, 2012 no comments

Hon. Adams Jagaba, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, has threatened to sue Mr. Farouk Lawan for “blackmail” over ongoing allegati...

“There is no basis for Nigeria to be where it is today” &#...

July 6, 2012 no comments

Nigeria; the young and the jobless. That was the topic on Thursday’s episode of Al Jazeera’s stream. The in-studio guest, journalist and founder of whistle-blowing site, Sahara Reporters,...

$620,000 bribery scandal – Otedola sues Lawan, Tambuwal, others;...

July 2, 2012 no comments

Oil magnate and chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, Femi Otedola, is reportedly suing suspended lawmaker Farouk Lawan and three others over the $620,000 bribery scandal rocking the House of Repr...

US DoJ executes forfeiture order on assets of former Bayelsa state gov...

June 29, 2012 no comments

The United States’ Department of Justice on Thursday executed a forfeiture order on $401,931 in Massachusetts brokerage fund, belonging to former Bayelsa state governor and ex-convict, Diepreye...

$620,000 subsiby bribe scandal: Police to invite Jagaba for questionin...

June 21, 2012 no comments

Police investigators are set to invite Adams Jagaba, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Economic Crimes, for questioning over the $620,000 bribery scandal invo...

Subsidy bribe scandal – Jagaba denies having custody of Lawan...

June 20, 2012 no comments

There was a setback in the police investigations into the $3 million bribery allegations currently rocking the House of Representatives. On Tuesday, Adams Jagaba, the lawmaker earlier said to be in p...

3 policemen arrested for helping Farouk Lawan break custody

June 19, 2012 no comments

The acting Inspector General of Police has ordered the arrest of three policemen, including a superintendent and two corporals, who they claim allowed Farouk Lawan, the suspended Chairman of the Hous...

Oil Probe Scandal: Why I am not interested

June 17, 2012 1 comment

Shocker: Our politicians are corrupt. Me: Yawn. The ongoing melodrama involving the boyish-looking four-term lawmaker, Farouk Lawan from Kano State and the billionaire owner of Zenon Petroleum and Ga...

Subsidy bribery scandal: House suspends Lawan, still demands full impl...

June 15, 2012 1 comment

Farouk Lawan was on Friday suspended from the House of Representatives over the $3 million “cash for clearance” bribery allegation alleged by oil magnate, Femi Otedola. Lawmakers on Frida...

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