Tag: Farouk Lawan

The beneficiaries of this gesture include ex-convicts and convicted felons serving their various jail terms.

A total of 175 convicts and former convicts "received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mercy on Thursday."

The former lawmaker was jailed for receiving a $500,000 bribe from Femi Otedola, a businessman. The money was part of ...

INEC said it has now received the phone numbers and email addresses of the petitioners which were missing in the ...

Farouk Lawan was jailed for receiving a bribe from a Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola.

Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, being the final stage of appeal, seals Farouk Lawan’s fate as a convict.

The suspect appeared before Justice Farouk Lawan of Kano High Court 4 and pleaded guilty to all the 18 count ...

The decision reduces Farouk Lawan's jail term from seven to five years for the $500,000 bribe he took from businessman ...

The judge says the evidence of the five witnesses presented by the prosecution convincingly incriminated the former lawmaker as a ...

Farouk Lawan served four terms in the House of Representatives and was linked to a possible bid for governor of ...

The judge says Mr Lawan's trial suffered "needless adjournments" as it did back and forth among four judges before the ...

The judge dismissed Mr Lawan's account and believed Mr Otedola's version of the story in her judgment on Tuesday.

The court rules that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Lawan demanded and received $500,000 from oil magnate, ...

“Count One of the charges is not based on suspicion but on credible evidence. The defendant (Mr Lawan) corruptly asked ...

“Count One of the charges is not based on suspicion but on credible evidence. The defendant (Mr Lawan) corruptly asked ...

The decision set the stage for the judge to consider the case on merit in the rest of the judgment ...

Mr Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, is facing trial for allegedly receiving a $3 million bribe ...

Femi Otedola is serving as a state witness in the trial of a former lawmaker, Farouk Lawan.

Court adjourned matter to January 28 for cross-examination

The former lawmaker allegedly received $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola.

The former lawmaker allegedly received $500,000 bribe from Otedola.

The former House panel chairman has been on trial since 2012.

Mr. Lawan, who was known as Mr. Integrity before the bribery scandal broke, allegedly made several visits to Mr. Otedola ...

The duo allegedly received a $620,000 bribe.