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Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has reiterated the need to create a constitutional role for traditional rulers in the country. Fagbemi stated this while speaking at the turning-of-the-sod ceremony of the Bar building project of the Ibadan branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Friday in Ibadan. He said this […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, was on Friday, arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of graft. Oduah, who served as Aviation Minister from 2011 to 2014, is facing trial over an allegation that she laundered public funds to the tune […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, has slammed a N100 billion libel and defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) at a federal high court in Abuja. She also informed the court that she had been away from the country since […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari, as part of investigations into the alleged N84bn fraud involving the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. Sources in the EFCC told newsmen that Yari and the Chairman of a firm, Finex Professional Services, were arrested around […]
Continue ReadingSome aides to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, have reportedly been grilled by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Cable reports that the EFCC quizzed the aides for allegedly selling presidential pardon. The President, Muhammadu Buhari, had pardoned about 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says the Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, may be stripped of his senior advocate rank if he is found to be involved in the raid of the home of Mary Odili, a supreme court Justice and wife of former Rivers state governor, Peter Odili. […]
Continue ReadingAttorneys General of the 36 states of Nigeria have instituted a court action against the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation over the government’s failure to remit recovered funds into the federal account. In the suit filed at the Nigerian Supreme Court registry and marked as SC/CV/395/2021, the 36 states Attorneys General are […]
Continue ReadingInternational Criminal Court (ICC), on Tuesday, acknowledged receipt of the 27-page petition filed by the Yoruba Nation agitators. Signatories to the petition are the Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Activist, Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Sunday Igboho; and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination Groups. Others who signed the petition with Akintoye and […]
Continue ReadingThe Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Union bank are currently entangled in a fierce legal battle with a private company, Petrol Union oil and gas Ltd over a whopping $15B judgment debt at the Supreme Court Supreme Court of Nigeria has, however, agreed to hear a motion filed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has given approval to the return of the open grazing practised during the 1st Republic where herdsmen used designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several parts of the country. On that note, Buhari said he had asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to begin the process of […]
Continue ReadingOffice of Auditor-General of the Federation in Nigeria, on Thursday said, it uncovered several anomalies in the financial records of the Nigerian Law School. The Audit report presented to the Senate, indicted the apex legal academic institution for misappropriation and spending without approvals. 2015 Financial Report of the office is currently being scrutinised by the […]
Continue ReadingFew days sequel to the inauguration of a security outfit known as “Operation Amotekun” by Southwest states, the Nigerian government has declared the paramilitary outfit as illegal as it is not backed by any known law in the land. In a statement signed by Dr Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations […]
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