Tag: AGF
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Reps Order Arrest of CBN Gov, NNPC GMD, AGF, Others
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has ordered the arrest of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Olayemi Cardoso; Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein; and 17 others, over failure to appear before it for questioning on their functions. The motion for the arrest was moved on Tuesday by Fred…
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Reps Summon Two Ministers, AGF, HSCF Over Failure of Mass Transit
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the failure of the mass transit scheme in Nigeria has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mr Dele Alake to explain why the scheme failed. Others summoned include the minister of Trade and Investment, the Accountant General for the Federation, and the Head of Service of…
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Court Strikes out Emefiele Brothers’ Suits Against DSS, AGF
A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State Services. The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached…
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Presidential ambition: Court declines Emefiele’s request to restrain INEC, AGF
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, from preventing him from pursuing his presidential ambition. Emefiele on Monday, through his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), told…
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Indicted SARS officials shall face prosecution- AGF Malami
The Federal Government’s investigative panel set up to probe allegations of rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units of the Nigeria Police Force held its first sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. The panel was inaugurated on behalf of the Federal Government by the National Human Rights Commission on October 21,…
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BREAKING: Malami, AGF, takes over Sowore’s case from DSS
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has taken over the case against the #RevolutionNow protests convener, Omoyele Sowore, from the Department of State Services. A statement by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, confirmed this on Friday. The statement referred to a…
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Previous Acquittal Can’t Stop You From Fresh Trial – AGF Tells Saraki
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has validated the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and any other law enforcement agency to investigate the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, for alleged corrupt activities. Responding to the fundamental right enforcement suit filed by Saraki to stop his probe by the EFCC, the…