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Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of “taking the freedom of speech too far”. Malami was reacting to the allegations that he was involved in a plot to cause constitutional crisis in Rivers state. The...

Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone elections in Zamfara state because of litigation. In a letter dated February 13, 2019, Malami said he was acting based on a petition from a law firm claiming that...

Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, has hired two American lobbying and public relations firms to plant opinion article favourable to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in American newspapers, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. READ MORE HERE

The Swiss lawyer hired by Nigeria to recover late Sani Abacha’s loot, Enrico Monfrini, has disclosed … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2oYaliY Get More Nigeria Political News

The Attorney-General is no doubt the Chief Law Officer of the Federation. The position is a creation of section 150 (1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of.... Read more via BusinessDay News – https://ift.tt/2wWUqpA Get more: Nigeria Business News

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to sack the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, the chief executive officer of Nigerian...

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF), a not-for-profit media organisation, has asked Kemi Adeosun, the minister of finance, to explain the N7bn payment to... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Nh3YBE Get More Nigeria Metro News

Dasuki was granted bail by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Abuja on July 2, 2018, making it the sixth time a court has ordered his release. A group known as the Northern Youth... Read more via Pulse.ng – https://ift.tt/2mzqxWE Get More Nigeria Political News

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 The team of lawyers who participated in compelling MTN to pay the N330 billion fine slammed on it in 2015 by the Nigerian Communications Commission for SIM registration breaches will be paid a whopping N500 million fee. The Minister of Justice and … Read...

Adams Oshiomhole, former Governor of Edo State, has been sworn in as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The oath of office and allegiance was administered.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2K6l6wI Get More Nigeria Political News

ABUJA—THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that the recent declaration of June 12 as public holiday will only come into effect after the amendment of the Public Holidays Act. The government also … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2HNFgFs Get More Nigeria Political News

An Abuja based businessman, Mallam Abdulhamid Mahmud Zari, has raised the alarm in a petition addressed to the Minister of Justice/ Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami of continued extortion, harassment and intimidation by one Mr Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, a Personal Assistant to …...

It seems like President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States is already yielding results as there is a plan to return $500 million stolen from the country. The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President Donald Trump has yielded the finalisation of negotiations..... Read...

Attorney - general of the Federation, AGF, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, told the Federal High Court Abuja yesterday that the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was unconstitutional, illegal and unlawful. Omo-Agege Malami, who is the 3rd defendant in the ongoing … Read more via Vanguard News...

Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has demanded the resignation of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for asking the International Criminal Court not to escalate its investigation against the Boko Haram sect. Click here to read more

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he had no regrets meeting with the fugitive former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pensions, Abdulrasheed Maina, in Dubai. “If hundreds of Mainas believe that they have information to offer as...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has granted an interim order stopping the National Assembly from probing the controversial reinstatement of former chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the Federal Civil Service. Maina...

The Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate probe of Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami. Sagay said Malami’s role in the return of former Chairman of the...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has confirmed that he met Abdulrasheed Maina in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January, 2016. He said his meeting with Maina was in the presence of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno...

The complexion of the Senate probe into the controversial reinstatement of fugitive ex-pension reform task force boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the federal civil service appeared to have changed dramatically. Here are 10 emerging facts from the Senate probe: 1. Abubakar Malami...