Tag: AGF Malami

Nigeria receives 4.2m Ibori loot alert AGF Malami

Aminu Imam

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has confirmed that the FederalGovernmentof Nigeria has received 4,214,017.66 of the loot associated with the family members of former Delta State governor, James Ibori. This is made known by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, (AGF), Umar Gwandu, in a statement issued to news men in Abuja yesterday. According to the statement the amount has been credited into the designated Federal Government account with naira equivalent value…

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Insecurity: FG to prosecute 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers AGF Malami

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has said it is about to begin the prosecution of 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), who stated this in a Sallah message yesterday, also said the Government will, through the Federal Ministry of Justices Complex Case Group, resuscitate and reinvigorate the existing special terrorism prosecution courts in the country. According to a statement issued by the governor’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, the Buhari administration will bring to book…

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‘Why IGP Adamus stay was extended’ Buhari, AGF

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President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s Constitution gives him the power to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), as he wishes. It would be recalled that an Abuja-based lawyer, Maxwell Okpara had approached a Federal High Court, in Abuja, with a suit seeking to stop Adamu from parading himself as the IGP.  Okpara joined the President, IGP Adamu, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Nigeria Police Council as defendants in the suit.  But, President Buhari and Malami,…

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AGF orders NDLEA to stop screening of 5,000 recruits

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The Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), to put screening of 5,000 new recruits on hold. The order was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Solicitor-General of the Federation. NDLEA had asked the candidates to go to the agencys academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, (CCNN) at Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State. They are to appear for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021. However, Malami said though the exercise is long…

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Insecurity: “NASS has no power to summon Mr. President Buhari” AGF, Malami

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  As House suspends presidents scheduled appearance   “We can summon Mr. President – Reps leader The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF), Abubakar Malami says the National Assembly has no constitutional power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari. The House yesterday suspended its earlier plan for a briefing by the President, after it became clear the president would no longer honour the Houses invitation. In a statement issued yesterday, Malami said it was outside the constitutional powers of the National Assembly to summon the president over his operational use…

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