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Appointment of new EFCC Chairman came as a shock, there’s still an unfinished assignment with Magu– Magu’s Lawyer
Tosin Ajaomo, the lawyer to the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday said the appointment of a new boss to head the anti-graft agency came as a shock. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive EFCC Chairman. ...President Buhari’s govt. has shown greater accommodation of the human rights violation– Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has shown greater accommodation of the human rights violation and the tolerance to the human rights record as far as the Nigerian State is concerned. According to the AGF, that, among other actions of the president is proof of his leniency, despite ...2023: No such posters in Birnin Kebbi – Malami refutes report of his governorship campaign
Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has denied that his 2023 governorship campaign posters have flooded streets in Kebbi State. This is contained in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Jibrilu-Gwandu in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. Jibrilu-Gwandu was reacting to a media report indicating that the minister’s 2023 campaign ...FG Approves Establishment Of 20 New Private Universities
The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. The 20 new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates their growth. This brings the total number of private ...NDDC appointment: Malami denies collecting bribe from Apkabio
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has denied the allegation that he collected gratification from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio in respect of the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the NDDC. Malami made the denial in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, his ...SERAP asks Buhari, Sylva to probe how N116m was spent to buy pens, others in 2015
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to use their leadership positions “to urgently probe how N116 million was spent by his Ministry to buy biros, letterhead, and toners in 2015. The Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation had last ...NASS has no constitutional power to summon Buhari – Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, says the National Assembly has no constitutional power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari. Malami disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement titled ‘Buhari’s Summon: NASS Operates Outside Constitutional bounds.’ The AGF said, “National Assembly has no constitutional power to envisage or contemplate a situation where the president would ...P&ID: US Court blocks Nigeria from accessing Hedge Fund’s Documents
Nigeria’s bid to set aside the P&ID Limited’s arbitration award has suffered a setback as VR Capital Group Limited has secured a United States’ court ruling to block the federal government from accessing its internal documents. The move to access the documents was part of the federal government’s attempt to stop P&ID Limited, partly owned ...Buhari Orders Sale Of Forfeited Assets Within Six Months
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the disposal of all Federal Government Forfeited Assets within the next six months. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami said this on Monday during the inauguration of a 22-member Inter-Ministerial Committee on the disposal of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s forfeited assets. “It is my ...Court remands 2 men over alleged 14.7m Euros COVID-19 PPE fraud
A Federal High Court on Monday ordered that two men be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre for their involvement in a major multi-million Euro scam bordering on procurement of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The Federal Government charged Babatunde Adesanya, a 50-year old graduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the Managing Director of ...
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Police foil another suicide bomb attempt in Borno, kill three bombers
Qatar Airways makes history, completes first longest non-stop flight of 16 hours from Doha to New ...
Confusion in Gambia, Jammeh stays put, Barrow to be sworn in at Gambia embassy in Senegal