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Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has warned politicians against stopping officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from performing their duty.    In a statement titled ‘EFCC SHOULD NOT BE OBSTRUCTED FROM PERFORMING ITS LAWFUL DUTY’ and issued on Thursday, April 18, …

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has issued a warrant of arrest for the new Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso; the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, and 17 others after they refused to honor the committee’s invitations to address inquiries regarding their operations.   This followed …

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Monday, Dec. 4, called for the implementation of non-custodial measures and sentencing guidelines under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.   This is in a bid to reduce the swelling number of awaiting trial inmates …

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi has warned Nigerians and politicians against disparaging the judiciary following some court judgements over the last election.    Addressing journalists in his country home in Kwara state, Fagbemi claimed that the allegations making the rounds against the country’s …

A former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged libel.   In the suit filed before the Federal High Court Abuja by her team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome SAN, …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has commended the Supreme Court for invalidating the naira redesign and cash swap policy deadline introduced by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Recall that the Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the ban on the use of the old N200, N500, and N1000 banknotes as legal …

Malami said the apex court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by the three northern states governments. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), has approached the Supreme Court seeking the dismissal of the suit filed by three northern state governments challenging the February 10, 2023, deadline …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja in a fresh case bordering on fraud to the tune of N109 billion. Naija News had reported that the …

Justice Ajayi gave the orders during proceedings on Thursday, August 18, 2022, The Punch reports. How things got here: It all started back in June 23, 2022, when Justice Haliyu granted every relief sought in favour of Okolie and awarded the said amount in punitive and general damages caused to …

The development occurred shortly after the matter was called. Maliki, who held the brief of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said though the matter was scheduled for mention, they had Emefiele’s instruction to withdraw the suit. “Pursuant to the instruction of the plaintiff (Emefiele), we filed a notice of discontinuance dated …