The Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, restated its earlier order over plans by the EFCC and the Attorney-General of the Federation to confiscate the assets and property belonging to the immediate-past Governor Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara.
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A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, has advised the Federal Government to file corruption charges against representatives of the Process and Industrial Developments firm for entering into a sham contract with some unscrupulous Nigerians.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling in an ex-parte application for interim injunctions brought by Yari’s Counsel, Mahmud Magaji, SAN, also restrained the ICPC and AGF from interfering with Yari’s enjoyment of the rights enshrined in Sections 34, 35, 37, 41 and 43 of the Constitution.
Justice Babatunde Quadiri, the Presiding Judge, discharged Goje after the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation applied for the withdrawal of the two charges.
A Federal High Court Lagos Wednesday adjourned until October 29 hearing in a suit filed by MTN Nigeria Communication Limited against the Attorney-General of the Federation over N242 billion and $1.3 billion import duties and withholding tax assessments.
The Accountant- General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has challenged treasury managers to ensure transparency and accountability in the management of the country’s public finance.
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on Thursday made history as the first Nigerian in recent time to be appointed as the Accountant-General of the Federation for two terms in office.
The Attorney General of the Federation, Chief of Defence Staff and Director General, State Security Service narrowly escaped being sent to prison on Wednesday for Contempt of court.
Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation, said this in a statement by Johnson Oise, Director, Press, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, on Sunday in Abuja.
Justice Saliu Saidu also adjourned till November 8, hearing in a case of $2.0 billion tax non-payment made against MTN Nigeria by the Attorney-General of the Federation.
Malami, said the mandate of the committee, whose members are drawn from different sectors, was to ensure that the national anti-corruption strategy is delivered to the Nigerian citizens.
According to the newspaper, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Nigeria Police Force; and Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, stated this position in affidavits filed before the court.
Consequently, it mandated the Committee on Judiciary Human Rights and Legal Matters to commence the probe.
However, the Managing Director of Sytemspec Nigeria Limited, John Obaro, told the Senate committee probing the N25 billion commission collected by the company that there was contractual agreement on the deduction of one per cent from the TSA