The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the transmission of a bill, titled, “Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency Bill,” to the National Assembly. Briefing state house correspondents after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami explained that assets recovered have been in the hands of several agencies and that ...

Wahab Shittu, lawyer to the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has described the UK court’s verdict in the case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) as a victory for his client. In a statement issued on Sunday, Shittu said the court’s decision showed the result of ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Chinonye Obiagwu says that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and Minister of Justice and some other government officials would also have been barred from attending the Nigerian Bar Association conference. Obiagwu, who is also a member of the NBA National Executive Council (NEC), stated this ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out two suits by Lagos and Ekiti Governments challenging the validity and constitutionality of the Virtual Court Sittings procedure. A seven man panel presided by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour struck out the suits after they were withdrawn by the plaintiffs. The first suit with number: SC/CV/260/2020 filed by the Attorney ...

The Ekiti State Government has filed a suit against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) over the constitutionality of his directive issued on April 20, 2020, prescribing Virtual Court Sittings to the Head of Courts at federal and state levels. In the suit filed through the office ...

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has told the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account (PAC) that the centre had so far received N5.620 billion in two tranches. The investigative hearing, which sat on Monday in Abuja, was on funds so far spent on the pandemic. He ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has referred as baseless allegation against its acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, by a U.S. senator,  Charles Grassley, over 300 million dollars ‘Abacha loot’. The 86-year-old U.S. Republican Senator had on April 1, addressed a letter to the Chief Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the U.S.Department ...

The Police in FCT says it will begin probe into the fire incident at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, in Abuja on Wednesday morning. This was disclosed by the FCT police spokesman, Bala Ciroma. “An investigation will be launched to ascertain the cause of the fire. The investigation will also give ...

The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), on Tuesday arraigned a former Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack in an FCT High Court, Apo over alleged N50 million contract scam. Jack, 58, who resides at No.17, Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja is charged with  two counts of criminal breach of ...

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to pay a N200, 000 fine to Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ojukwu, who gave the order after Aminu Alilu, counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), sought for an adjournment to enable him ...