Tag: Babachir lawal
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Senate indicts suspended SGF, Lawal, says he collected N507m bribe
The final report of the Senate ad-hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East has revealed that contractors paid over N500m in kickbacks to a company linked to the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal. TheNewsGuru.com reports that an interim report, late last year, had indicted Lawal…
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Grass-cutting scandal: Senate panel indicts, recommends prosecution for suspended SGF
The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East has indicted the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, for mismanagement. The investigative panel specifically asked relevant agencies to prosecute the suspended SGF for allegedly awarding contracts worth N500m, through the Presidential Initiative on North-East, a rehabilitation programme…
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BREAKING: Suspended SGF absent as Senate committee begins hearing
Suspended Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal, was on Thursday absent at the Nigerian Senate ad-hoc committee members begin an investigative hearing into the circumstances leading to his suspension. The Committee, however, gave him until 12 noon to appear. The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, who was found…
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I’m not aware of any suspension, suspended SGF, Babachir Lawal declares
Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, barely an hour after the announcement of his suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the closed-door meeting is connected with the work of the Presidential Committee set up to investigate allegations of misconduct…
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Alleged Corruption: Buhari removes Lawal as committee chairman, appoints Osinbajo
Following alleged involvement in different cases of bribery and corruption and the continuous public outcry for the his probe, President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Secretary to the State Government, Eng. Babachir Lawal as the chairman of a Presidential Committee on the Reconstruction of Federal Government Boards of Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions. The president has however…
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Exposed: How Buhari’s SGF, Lawal got N200m bribe from weed clearing contract
Facts have emerged how the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, who owns Rholavision Engineering Ltd, got N200m kickback from a contract he awarded for the clearing of “invasive plant species” in Yobe state. In the course of an investigation conducted by TheNewsGuru on the several corruption allegations leveled against the…
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Senate demands sack of SGF over alleged mismanagement of IDP funds
The senate has demanded that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, resign from office over allegations bothering on mismanagement of funds set aside for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The upper legislative chamber took this decision following the indictment of Lawal by a committee that investigated corruption in the management of funds…