Exclusive Blogbuster: Otedola and Farouk Lawan $620,000 bribery scandal; The True Story!
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 13:43
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June 12th, 2012 by Japh - You already know the side of the story that says Femi Otedola gave Farouk Lawan $620,000 and that bit is very much true. Below is the part of the drama that has been curiously left out of this whole national mess. You
Our Stand: Lawan, Otedola, N2.6trn Thieves Must Face Justice
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:00
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Anti-graft agencies now have another opportunity to prove that Nigeria is not yet “a paradise for maggots” (the title of a new book on Nuhu Ribadu, EFCC’s first chairman) by getting all the actors (and actresses) in the latest corruption scandals prosecuted
Emeka Ugwuonye Against The EFCC In American Courts - Analysis
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- Published on Monday, 11 June 2012 16:40
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Last week, Elombah.com began to monitor a lawsuit for torture and severe human right violations, which the US-based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, filed against the Nigerian Ambassador and a slew of EFCC top officials. We previously reported the dramatic manner in which certain Nigerian officials were served with the summons in
Farouk Lawan denies bribe Allegation...says video clip is a caricature meant to blackmail him
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- Published on Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:10
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, has denied media reports that a top member of the committee received $600,000 bribe from an oil marketer to influence the report. Lawan told journalists in Abuja last night that he neither demanded nor collected money
MASSOB: The Mindless Slaughter of Ndigbo in Onitsha
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- Published on Saturday, 09 June 2012 15:26
- Written by Obi Enweze
NIGERIAN POLICE SLAUGHTER OF NDIGBO IN ONITSHA: To All Men & Women with Good Conscience: The mindless slaughter of Ndigbo by organized government continues. Two days ago, at least sixteen Igbos died in a pointless attack by the Nigerian police merely because they identified as members of MASSOB. There was no
US Govt Report Indicts Nigeria on Official Corruption and Transparency
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- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 14:43
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This is a report by US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborCountry Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 - S.4 Official Corruption and Government Transparency: The law provides criminal penalties for official
Fresh Moves In The Case Between Emeka Ugwuonye And The Nigerian Government In Washington
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- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 09:57
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In the case between Emeka Ugwuonye and the Nigerian Government in Washington, DC, the parties make fresh moves in what looks like a fast-paced chain of events ahead. Emeka Ugwuonye, who stands for himself, had filed last month a motion for contempt and for sanctions against the Nigerian Government and its lawyers. In his
Nigerian Citizens Pay N160 Billion Tuition On 71,000 Children in Ghana
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- Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 19:17
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[VANGUARD] If the over 71,000 Nigerian students who pay tuition fees in Ghana were to contribute the N160 billion they spend annually, they would account for 40 per cent of the 2012 education budget. A report in 2010 recorded that Nigeria fuels the UK education sector to the tune of N246 billion; over 60 per cent of the 2012
Azaziphobia, PDP and Northern Elders
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- Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 14:33
- Written by Obinna Akukwe
Andrew Azazi,s comments at the South South Summit in Asaba that the PDP is responsible for Boko Haram have continued to elicit reactions from different sections of the Nigerian populace long after the comments. People still discuss it with the intensity they discuss the statements of General Buhari that rigging of the 2015 elections
List Of Nigerian Aircrafts And Their Ages
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 11:55
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The Dana crash last Sunday was the second in less than 48 hours to shock Nigeria. Hours earlier, a Nigerian cargo plane crashed into a minibus on an airport runway in Accra on Saturday, killing 10 passengers on the bus. Read below and take special notice of the ages of Aircraft that ply Nigeria airspace.
Dana Air Crash search ends, 29 victims identified, 158 bodies recovered
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 11:27
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[elombah.com] The search for bodies after a plane crash in Nigeria that killed more than 150 aboard the aircraft and others on the ground has ended, officials have said. Meanwhile the Management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH has released a
EFCC Detains Timipre Sylva over N2 billion Fraud
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2012 20:16
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has taken the former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva into protective custody on Tuesday, pending charges of fraud and money laundering. Sylva an avowed enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan, is accused of using fraudulent salary increase schemes, money laundering
How the Vaswani Brothers Loot Nigeria
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2012 12:01
- Written by Sumbo Sapara-Williams
[National Standard Magazine] NIGERIA might not agree with India on certain isms in religion, marriage, or politics. There is, however, a language they both speak and understand in business and politics. That is bakshish - the Indian word for bribery. And the Vaswani brothers, the Indian owners of the Stallion Group for the past
Crashed DANA Airline Reported Engine Trouble as 222 Confirmed Dead
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2012 13:41
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[elombah.com] 69 People on the ground have so far been confirmed dead along with all the 153 on board the DANA Airliner that crashed into a densely populated area in Lagos yesterday. Meanwhile it has been revealed that the Plane that crashed into a crowded neighborhood in Lagos, reported engine trouble just before it went down.
The US Govt on Murtala Muhammed after the 1975 coup
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- Published on Sunday, 03 June 2012 22:38
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From the aechives: FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1969–1976 [ VOLUME E–6, DOCUMENTS ON AFRICA, 1973–1976, DOCUMENT 208] 208. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (Reinhardt) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, August 18, 19751
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Theory of Masturbation, Alcoholism and Smoking
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2012 20:02
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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is the owner of Believers Love World Fellowship which metamorphosed into Christ Embassy International Ministries. This Church has a regular membership of over 3 million in Nigeria alone and fans of over ten million people who belong to other denominations but see Pastor Chris as their alternative pastor.
US: Embassy Of Nigeria In A Money Laundering Scandal – Part 2
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2012 15:34
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[ELOMBAH.COM] Washington DC - There is no doubt the report that two American banks in an investigation for money laundering and other financial crimes froze two bank accounts belonging to the Nigerian Embassy in the United States is a most profound scandal to rock Nigeria’s
Court Extradites Nigerian to US Over $30m Fraud
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:38
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Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, May 28, 2012 granted the request of the Attorney General of the Federation that one Godwin Chiedo Nzeocha be extradited to the United States of America to face criminal
National Address By President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Gcfr, On Democracy Day, May 29, 2012
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:17
- Written by Goodluck Jonathan
Fellow Nigerians, 1. One year ago, I was privileged to stand before you, to take the oath of office as President of our dear country, the third to serve you as President since the return to democratic rule in 1999. Today, I remember that day and the
Nigerian Pastor, Joshua Esosa Sentenced 15 Months In Austria For Drug Cries For Justice
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2012 21:18
- Written by Uzoma Ahamefule
This is a sad story of a Nigerian who is a pastor in one of the new generation churches in Vienna called Grace Ministries International. Pastor Joshua Esosa is from Edo State and in the narration of his unbelievable ordeal, he recounted how he had been arrested, framed up and jailed for a crime he said that he had never committed. His
Nigerian Embassy to the US in A Money Laundering Scandal, Human Trafficking: The Full Story
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2012 11:08
- Written by Elombah Special Report
Last week, an online news portal revealed that two American banks in an unprecedented investigation for money laundering and other financial crimes froze two bank accounts belonging to the Nigerian Embassy in the United States. The story carried by Sharpedgenews.com was titled, “U.S Banks Freeze Nigerian Embassy’s Bank Accounts
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