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Vol. 8 No. 74
Thursday, July 5, 2012
. . . putting the people first
Shaaban 15, 1433 AH
N150
We lack evidence to prosecute Farouk Lawan – Police By Lawrence Olaoye
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he Nigeria Police yesterday declared that they lacked enough evidence to prosecute the former Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on the
nation’s subsidy regime, Rep Farouk Lawan. The Police is currently investigating Lawan over a $620,000 bribery allegation levelled against him by the Chairman of Zenon Oil and Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola.
Otedola had alleged that the lawmaker requested the sum of $3 million bribe from him to enable him strike out the name of his firms from the list of those indicted by the subsidy probe committee for accessing foreign exchange (FOREX) without
importing petroleum products. The oil magnate had alleged that Lawan and the committee’s Clerk, Boniface Emenalo, received the total sum of $620,000 as part payment for the bribe, which he claimed was a sting operation in liaison with
security agents. Otedola had maintained that he has recordings of all the transactions between him and the embattled lawmaker, promising to make them public. Two of the purported tapes Contd on Page 2
New NSA reveals:
I’ve got phone numbers of Boko Haram leaders From Lawal Saidu Funtua, Katsina, with agency report
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n what must be cheering news to a terror-weary nation, the new National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), yesterday declared that he had obtained the contacts of key Boko Haram leaders for possible dialogue with the group. Dasuki, who spoke in Jos during a meeting with stakeholders in Plateau state, said he was planning to meet with the group on the need for it to cease fire and embrace dialogue as soon as possible. His words: “I was in Yobe and Borno states last week and I got the telephone numbers and contacts of key Boko Haram members and I will meet with them. “I saw the dangerous effect of Boko Haram in these states and what I saw was pathetic. But I have the mandate to put heads together with religious and traditional leaders as well as the state governments to ensure an immediate ceasefire”, the News Contd on Page 2
FG assures on safety of corps members >> PAGE 5
Meets Shema, Kwankwaso
Borno state Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima (left), his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abubakar Kyari (middle) and Borno state Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation and Youth Empowerment, Dr. Zainab Gimba, inspecting roofing tiles produced by trainees under the state’s youths’ skills acquisition for mass housing programme, recently in Maiduguri.
Jonathan appoints first female CJN >> PAGE 3
Confusion as N300,000 Lagos-Kano train church collection service begins turns to papers this month – NRC >> PAGE 9
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