The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Friday described as fictitious and malicious, claims that he received a bribe from the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, on the appointment of an administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the Executive Director of Finance
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The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a twenty-two-member committee to sell all assets recovered by relevant government agencies under Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the inauguration of the 22-member committee in Abuja. Malami, while inaugurating the 22-member urged its members not to betray
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The Supreme Court has summoned the nations Justice Minister and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to explain “whether the Presidential Executive order No.00-10 of 2020 made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 22nd May, 2020 to compel the plaintiffs to fund State High Courts, State Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts
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The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has concluded his defence before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the activities of the anti-graft agency. But, Magu was shocked that Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) refused to honour the invitation of the panel.
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has failed to appear before the Presidential Panel investigating the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, despite a subpoena issued to him by the panel Chairman, Justice Ayo Salami (retd.) Magu is being investigated by the
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Nigerian lawyers have started a petition to strip the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami of his Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title due to his recent changes to the rules of professional conduct for lawyers in the country (RPC, 2007). The lawyers accused AGF Malami of carrying out the revisions without due process
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The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has applied to the Justice Ayo Salami (retd)-led investigative panel to summon the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami.Magu said the AGF should be brought to substantiate his allegations against him, insisting that only the invitation of
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Thursday, that the Federal Government had learnt lessons from the award of $9.6billion to the Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) by a British Court last year. The minister stated this at a virtual international conference to mark the African
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I will institute contempt proceedings against Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), Human rights activist and National President of Revolutionary Lawyers’ Forum, Mr Tope Akinyode, has said, over their refusal to adhere to court orders directing the release of a detained
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