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Attorney-General

150 Convicts Released Following Rivers State Court Order

News Agency of Nigeria Dec 20, 2020 0

A Rivers State High Court has ordered the complete release of 150 inmates currently being held at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre. The Herald Nigeria gather that the released inmates had spent nine years in prison…

Government

Lagos State Attorney-General Orders Release of 253 #EndSARS Protesters

Moji Eniola Nov 8, 2020 0

Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Lagos State Attorney-General (A-G), has ordered the release of 253 persons arrested by police over their alleged roles in the unrest following the #EndSARS protests. The A-G said the in a statement…

World

I’m in charge of Justice Department, U.S. Attorney General fires back at Trump

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 24, 2018 0

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired back at President Donald Trump after the president said he “never took control” of the Department of Justice. Sessions, in a statement after Trump’s attack, said he was in charge of the…

News

Akwa-Ibom State Government Sues EFCC Over Freezing of State Account

Tony Abu Momoh Aug 19, 2018 0

The Akwa-Ibom State Government has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to court over the freezing of the state account by the anti-graft agency. The government of Akwa-Ibom slammed a N50 billion law suit against the…

News

Trial Of 1,000 Boko Haram Suspects Begins Today

Adejumo Kester Feb 12, 2018 0

The Federal Goverment, through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) will on Monday (today) resume the trial of suspected Boko Haram insurgents detained in various locations of the country.…

World

Only 5 ministers, attorney-general turn up for Zimbabwe cabinet meeting: sources

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 21, 2017 0

Sources say only five Zimbabwe cabinet ministers and the attorney-general turned up for a meeting called by President Robert Mugabe as 17 others opted to attend a meeting to plan the 93-year-old leader’s impeachment. Sources said on…

Government

Umahi swears-in new Attorney General 12 hours after sacking the former

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 3, 2017 0

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has replaced the state former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Augustine Nwankwagu, 12 hours after sacking him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwankwagu, a former Speaker of the…

Government

Gov. Umahi drops attorney-general and commissioner for justice

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 2, 2017 0

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has dropped the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Augustine Nwankwagu, from the cabinet with immediate effect. Chief Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the Governor, via a statement issued on…

World

Brazilian president denounces corruption charges as ‘fiction’

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 28, 2017 0

President Michel Temer of Brazil on Tuesday denounced corruption charges against him as a “legal fiction” and refused to step down. In a speech broadcast on national television, Temer also accused Attorney General Rodrigo Janot of being…

Government

Attorney-General seeks new policy for prosecution

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 31, 2016 0

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has called for a new policy on prosecution to enhance speedy trial. Malami made the call at the meeting of Attorney Generals of all states in Nigeria on Thursday in…

Metro

Court strikes out terminal operators’ suit against NPA, Attorney General

John Ogunsemore Mar 22, 2016 0

Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday struck out a suit filed by the Port and Terminal Operators Nigeria Ltd (PTOL) against the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Attorney-General of the Federation. The…

Government

Atiku Clears Name, Denies Involvement In Adoke’s Travails With The EFCC

Owolabi Oluwasegun Feb 24, 2016 2

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has vehemently denied allegations that he was behind the trials of Mohammed Adoke, SAN, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, who has been under the Economic and Financial…