Tag: AGF Fagbemi

“Senator Natasha has a case to answer”, AGF insists

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AGF insists

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has insisted that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi-Central senatorial district has a case to answer in the criminal charges filed against her before two Abuja courts. According to reports, the AGF’s office faulted the senator’s claim that the criminal defamation and cybercrime charges instituted against her before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the Federal High Court in Abuja, amounted to an abuse of court process. In its response, the AGF’s office maintained…

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Presidential pardon: “No inmate released yet” – FG clarifies

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FG clarifies on pardon

The Federal Government has clarified that no inmate has been released under the recent Presidential Prerogative of Mercy exercise, insisting that the process is still undergoing final administrative review. The clarification follows public outrage over reports that President Bola Tinubu had approved clemency for several convicts, including Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for killing her husband. Others listed among the 174 beneficiaries include the late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed Major General Mamman Vatsa, and nationalist Sir Herbert Macaulay. The list also features other inmates whose…

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“No extradition process against Simon Ekpa” – AGF

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AGF on Simon Ekpa

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has denied reports that the Federal Government has commenced extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele, on Friday, the AGF said the reports misrepresented comments he made at a stakeholders’ engagement held on Thursday in Abuja. The statement read, “The attention of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi…

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LGA bosses who misuse Council funds risk jail term – Justice Minister, Fagbemi

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Justice Minister, Fagbemi

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, says chairpersons who tamper with the local government councils’ (LGAs) funds would be prosecuted. Fagbemi stated this in Abuja on Thursday, at the 2024 annual conference of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, while delivering a paper titled: Aftermath of supreme court judgment on local government financial Autonomy: What next? The AGF said the Supreme Court judgment on LGA autonomy was meant to equip the councils to carry out their responsibilities effectively. He said any debt incurred by the…

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AGF urges ICC to stop Nigerian militarys probe

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AGF urges ICC

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to stop the prolonged investigation of the Nigerian military. The AGF stated the countrys position in a statement on Monday, made available to the media in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity, Office of the AGF and Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele. According to the statement, the AGF in his remarks at the 23rd session…

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“Conducting LG polls without 6-month notice will face nullification” AGF

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AGF on LG polls

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi, (SAN), has warned that henceforth, local government elections conducted without 6 months notice would face nullification. According to the AGF, who stated this recently, at the 12th convocation of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, said the Government is committed to enthroning sanity at the third tier of governance. “Any state Governor who fails to give six months notice before conducting local government elections will face nullification in courts, he quoted as saying. Lately, State governors across…

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‘Judiciary now last hope of rich people’ – AGF Fagbemi

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AGF Fagbemi

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has said Judiciary now for politicians and other influential people in the country. Fagbemi made the assertion on Thursday, during the groundbreaking N37 billion construction of the Abuja Division of the Appeal Court Complex at Daki-Biyu, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Recall that the FCT Minister had at the ceremony said that President Bola Tinubu, approved N30 billion of the N37 billion in the 2024 Budget, for the structure which he promised…

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FG will not name, shame terrorism financiers – AGF

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The Federal Government has said it will not name and shame identified financiers of terrorism in the country. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who disclosed this yesterday, in an interview on the sidelines of the 27th Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Ministerial Committee meeting in Abuja, had earlier stated that the Federal Government has identified terrorism financiers in the country. Fagbemi said the Government will not disclose the names of the suspects because it could hinder further…

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