Tag: Farouk Lawan

Tinubu grants presidential pardon to Herbert Macaulay, Vatsa, 173 others

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Tinubu grants presidential pardon

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted the ‘presidential prerogative of mercy’ to one of Nigeria’s founding fathers, Herbert Macaulay, and 174 others across various categories. This comes after a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s recommendations based on the report of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy yesterday at the Council of State meeting held at the State House, Abuja. Although the full names of the beneficiaries are yet to be published, it was…

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Farouk Lawan returns to constituency, calls his prison-term ‘a divine test’

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Farouk Lawan returns

Former House of  Representatives member, Farouk Lawan visited his constituency for the first time since prison, describing his incarceration as a divine test Lawan, convicted for accepting a bribe, expressed gratitude to his constituents for their support during his five-year prison sentence Former House of Representatives member Farouk Lawan has made his first public visit to his ?agwai/Shanono Federal Constituency since completing a five-year prison sentence in October. Lawan described his incarceration as a divine test that imparted valuable life lessons. Lawan, convicted in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe…

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Farouk Lawan regains freedom after serving 5-year jail term

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Farouk Lawan regains freedom

Former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, who has been behind bars for five years for demanding and accepting a $500,000 bribe has regained his freedom. The former lawmaker, who was released from the Kuje Correctional facility in Abuja yesterday, thanked friends and family for their support in a “particularly trying phase of my life”. “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life as I step out of Kuje Custodial Centre, with a heart full of gratitude to Allah (SWT) for seeing me through this…

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Fuel subsidy: Court sentences former Reps. member, Farouk Lawan, to 7 yrs in prison over $3m bribe

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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges preferred against him by the federal government. Lawan was the former chairman of the House’s Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy, which was probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million from Femi Otedola to remove Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited (Otedola’s company) from the list of oil companies allegedly…

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Court sentences former Reps. member, Farouk Lawan, to 7 years in prison over $3m bribe

Aminu Imam

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. Lawan was the former chairman of the House’s Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy, which was probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million from Femi Otedola to remove Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited (Otedola’s company) from the list of oil companies allegedly…

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