He also sought the intervention of the President, Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN.
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The Managing Director of Alibert Products Nigeria Limited, Ali-Taan, alongside his employee, Mustapha Tiamiyu, are being prosecuted by the Inspector-General of Police.
David Kaswe, the Chief State Counsel from the AGF’s Chambers, told Justice Inyang Ekwo shortly after the matter was called for hearing
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi has said he was surprised by his nomination as a minister because he did not lobby for it. He also revealed why he accepted to serve in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has declared that the fight against corruption should not be limited to the Federal Government and its agencies alone.
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating the failure of mass transit scheme in Nigeria has summoned the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, over the failure of the scheme
Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter following a motion filed by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), seeking for an extension of time to respond to the IMN’s application.
Okolieaboh Sylva, acting Accountant General of the Federation, said this at a meeting with the House of Representatives.
Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Wonni made the order, on Monday, following a direct criminal summons filed by Aondoakaa
Ude, in a suit filed by his lawyer, Chief Ademuyiwa Adeniyi, averred that, assenting to the bill by the president would be an additional burden on Nigerian taxpayers of which he is one.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an omnibus application made by Muazu Mohammed, counsel for NIMC, to the effect.
The CNPP, in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, on Tuesday, also commended the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for listening to the voice of the people by withdrawing his earlier suit seeking to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from stopping his presidential bid.
Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the advice after counsel to the PDP, Joseph Daudu, SAN, informed the court that based on the Court of Appeal judgment sitting in Abuja, the FHC could continue with the matter before it.
The AGF also opposed a motion seeking to join two lawyers; John Aikpokpo-Martins and Olakunle Edun on behalf of themselves and the Save Nigeria Our Fatherland, a group, before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
The court nullified all sales and disposals of assets made by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami, SAN under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019.
The legal luminary, who instituted the suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja prayed the court to compel the defendants alongside the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), to increase judges’ salaries.
This is despite the overwhelming challenges faced by the country on different fronts: political, security and even in the face of huge external or international influences.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties in the suit presented their arguments and adopted their processes.
Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff that instituted the case lacked the locus standi (legal right) to do so.