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The explanation was offered by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami

The AYCF alongside other youth organizations had given October 1 as deadline for the Igbos to quit the North, prompting demands by Nigerians for their arrest

The CSOs said this in a statement on Sunday, accusing Malami of having a different agenda from that of the President in the war against corruption

Nwodo stated Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s position on Saturday in a statement, accusing the Federal Government of bias

In the application, the Federal Government is seeking an order of court revoking the bail granted Kanu on April 25

The approval was conveyed to the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli, by the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). 

The organisation said the call for the revocation is based on revelations that OPL 245 was not legally granted to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, adding also that the relationship with ENI/Shell as a Joint Venture partner should be terminated because the oil company have been indicted for fraudulently engaging in a corrupt process by the report of an Italian prosecutor’s preliminary investigation into the Malabu scandal.

Uwujaren said media reports suggesting there was conflict between both parties were the handiwork of “some unscrupulous persons”.

The organization also asked Malami to “seek full recovery of over N40bn of public funds that have so far been received from those involved; and to begin to take these steps within seven days of the receipt

Onnoghen said this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the conference of the International Association of Women Judges in West African Sub Region

The Senate had on Tuesday vowed to stop the screening of nominees by the Presidency following the failure to remove the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, from office

The NBA is right that eight months is a long time to arrest the judges and yet not file any formal charges against them. But surely these lawyers cannot pretend that a court system that subjects tens of hundreds of other citizens to this same misery should work differently for judges

During his remarks to declare open a Think-Tank Conference on ‘Federalism and the Challenges of Dynamic Equilibrium in Nigeria: Towards a National Strategy, organized by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, the AGF emphasized, that change is a gradual process that must be democratic and subjected to legislative and administrative processes as provided by law and indeed the constitution

The committee has been investigating the involvement of the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, and the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal over the Lagos cash and the PINE contract respectively

It will be the fourth time the President will be absent from the meeting since returning from his medical vacation in the UK

The committee’s recommendation was contained in a report it presented to the Federal Government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in Abuja

This followed a ruling on Tuesday by Justice Idrissa Kolo on the fiat by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, which purportedly allows the State Attorney General to take over criminal cases being prosecuted by any agency of the government, including the EFCC

Malami disclosed this on Tuesday after a meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja

Malami stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday

The report of the committee is expected this week