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  1. #EndBadGovernance: Attorney General Seeks Review of Protesters' Charges

    Nigeria #EndBadGovernance: Attorney General Seeks Review of Protesters' Charges

    Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, has taken over the case files of protesters arrested during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations. He will review the charges, including treason, and has directed the Director of Public Prosecution to expedite court proceedings...
  2. Yahaya Bello: AGF Takes Stand Against Interference with EFCC's Anti-Corruption Efforts

    Nigeria Yahaya Bello: AGF Takes Stand Against Interference with EFCC's Anti-Corruption Efforts

    The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has issued a stark warning to those impeding the agency's lawful duties. In a statement released to the press on Thursday, Fagbemi underscored the gravity of the challenges facing the EFCC and emphasized...
  3. Publisher Tukur Mamu Challenges Allegations of Terrorist Financing, Demands Retraction from AGF

    Nigeria Publisher Tukur Mamu Challenges Allegations of Terrorist Financing, Demands Retraction from AGF

    Tukur Mamu, the publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald Newspaper, has taken legal action against the Attorney General of the Federation, demanding a retraction for his alleged designation as a terrorist financier. Through his lawyer, J.J. Usman (SAN), Mamu issued a stern letter to the AGF...
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    Politics AGF Abubakar Malami fails to defend Buhari's coup and call for revolution, but justifies charging Sowore with treason and insulting the President -LIB

    The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami failed to defend President Buhari's 1983 coup and call for revolution in 2011 but justified charging Omoyele Sowore with treason and insulting the President when quizzed about the continous detention of the #RevolutionNow convener read more
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    Politics Malami: PDP abusing freedom of speech – TheCable

    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...
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    Metro Businessman petitions AGF over EFCC extortion – Newtelegraph

    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 …...
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    AGF, Anti-Corruption Agencies Rivalry Hinders Corruption War – Falan – Leadership Newspaper

    Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has identified rivalry between the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and anti-graft agencies as one of the hindrances to the current war against corruption in Nigeria. Falana, who stated this at the “2nd …...
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    Woman sues AGF, 5 others over killing of husband by police in 2015 – Vanguard News

    The family of a woman, Mrs. Comfort Godwin Sunday, who was allegedly killed by a policeman, Corporal Museliu Aremu, on September 16, 2015, at Ijegun area, Lagos, have sued the Attorney General of the Federation, and five others and demanded N1 billion compensation. Applicants in the … Read...
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    AGF backs suit against National Assembly on election sequence – The Guardian Nigeria...

    President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), yesterday told a Federal High Court in Enugu that they were not opposed to the suit challenging the attempt by the National Assembly to re-order the sequence of the 2019 … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Politics What I Discussed With Maina in Dubai — Malami

    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...
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    Metro NJC Gives Reasons Why Suspended Judges Were Recalled

    The decision to recall the six judges that were suspended following raids on their houses last year by personnel of the Department of Security Service (DSS) was hinged on the lack of a case against them, the National Judicial Council (NJC) said yesterday. The council announced the reinstatement...
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    Politics President Buhari To Sign Transparency Order Soon – Malami

    The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon sign an executive order on transparency and efficiency in government. Malami spoke yesterday at the National Open Government Partnership retreat in Kaduna...
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    Politics AGF, Malami Breaks Silence, Says Arrest of Judges Still Within The Law

    The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, Tuesday, justified the arrest and detention of judges by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, saying “no one is or should be above the law”. Malami, on Monday shunned a valedictory court...
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    Politics AGF Malami Explains Why He Brought Criminal Charges Against Senate Leadership

    Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has explained why he instituted legal proceedings against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and two other in the Federal High Court. The Minister explained that he, in fact acted in...
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