Tag: lawal
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Popular footballer, Lawal falls to death from shopping mall
Police on Monday said they were investigating the death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal who fell from a shopping mall balcony in Kampala. The 29-year-old striker played for local premiership club Vipers. He fell from the third floor of Voicemall Shopping Arcade early on Monday, police said in a statement. He had been visiting a…
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Stop playing blame game against Matawalle – Ex-Zamfara commissioner tells Lawal
Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga, a former Zamfara Commissioner for Information, has called on Gov. Dauda Lawal to stop playing the blame game against the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle. Danmalikin-Gidangoda, therefore, urged the Governor to tackle the security challenges in the state.
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Subsidy fraud: Otedola appears in court, insists Lawan demanded $3m bribe
The main prosecution witness in the trial of a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, Wednesday testified before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Femi Otedola, the founder of Zenon Oil, was allegedly pressured by Lawan to part with a $3 million bribe while the latter was chairing a…
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[UPDATED] Former SGF, Babachir Lawal still in EFCC’s custody as grilling continues today
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal is still in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after an eight-hour interrogative session that started on Wednesday night that he (Lawal) was arrested. Lawal’s interrogation by a team of detectives is expected to continue on Thursday (today). He is…
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Lawal, Oke: Some gullible Nigerians joined the #OccupyNASS crusade to revolt against us – Senate
The Senate has said the sack of former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has vindicated its position on investigation carried out by its Ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East. It urged other committees charged with the responsibility of investigating other alleged corrupt matters in the country to…
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Corruption: Handover Lawal, Oke to EFCC, ICPC – SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr Ayodele Oke. The organization also called on Buhari to “urgently handover Lawal and Oke to the Economic and Financial…
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Tongue in cheek, APC says Buhari’s sack of Lawal, Oke vindicates them
…Their sack was long overdue – Itse Sagay The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the party has been vindicated following the sack of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the sacking…
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Babachir, Oke: Buhari should be impeached for disobeying the Constitution – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the corruption cases involving the former Secretary to the Government, Babachir Lawal, and former National Intelligence Agency, boss, Ayodele Oke. The party, while calling for the prosecution of the duo, said Messrs. Lawal and Oke were being treated…
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Probe: We’ll handover Lawal, Oke to EFCC if found guilty – Presidency
The Presidency has said the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, will be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, if the three-man panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari concludes its work and finds…
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Suspended SGF, Lawal to appear before Senate today
…as Osinbajo committee demands Senate’s interim report The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee investigating allegations of due process violation in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives on North East (PINE) has requested the Senate to furnish it with relevant documents on the matter. Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, Sen.…