...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 61645
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012
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FG sacks SEC Board, CHILD TRAFFICKING: names Bello NAPTIP arrests woman •P 6 Acting DG with 35 children •P 16
$3M BRIBERY SCANDAL
Farouk Lawan detained •Won't be released until he returns bribe money •Ex-House leaders wade in, meet Tambuwal, Lawan •Subsidy committee collected N11.3bn bribe money — Police
BY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, OKEY NDIRIBE, KINGSLEY OMONOBI, EMMAN OVUAKPORIE & BEN AGANDE
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A G O S — CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy management, Hon. Farouk Lawan who is at the centre of the $3million bribe to clear indicted oil companies, was detained last night by the police. Rep Lawan who voluntarily reported to the CP Ali Amodu-led police Special Task Force investigating the allegation at about Continues on Page 5
DONU KOGBARA: Lamentations of an aircraft •P.17
Mr & Mrs
NEW CHIEF JUDGE—
From Right: Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Oba of Lagos; in handshake with Hon. Justice Ayotunde Adeyoola Phillips, new Chief Judge of Lagos State; Gov. Babatunde Fashola; Hon Ajibayo Adeleye, Majority Leader, representing Speaker of the House, and Justice Inumidun Akande (Rtd), immediate past Chief Judge, during the swearing-in of Hon. Justice Phillips, as the Chief Judge of Lagos State, yesterday in Lagos. Photo: Bunmi Azeez..
Court orders coroner OPEC calls for stronger inquest into DANA financial regulation plane crash •P.8 •P.7 C M Y K