The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has clarified that Courts are expected to attend to the matters that are urgent, essential or time bound, even during the lockdown. Malami said speedy dispensation of justice is a cardinal principle of Justice Sector Reform of the present administration, hence, urged…
The Honorable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has rolled out plans to invigorate the judicial system in post COVID-19 era. He however urged the judiciary to keep supporting the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and consider how best to start opening up as soon as possible and to…
President Muhammadu Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has signed into law Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary Order, 2020 on Friday May 22, 2020. Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the…
The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has urged Nigerians to focus more on effective utilisation of the recovered looted funds in accordance with the content of the signed tripartite agreement in the interest of the Nigerians. Malami in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media,…
The recovery agents engaged by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice are institutional recovery agents and not agents of Malami as being portrayed by some media. “Malami in his personal capacity does not have personal “debt collectors” for the recovery of federal government debts”. This clarification was contained in…
Nigerian Journalists have been advised to respect the sanctity of the ethics of journalism, avoid fake news, hate speech and other practices inimical to the concepts of fairness, objective reporting and analyses of unfolding events, and to above all place national interest above personal interest in the discharge of their duties. The Honourable Attorney-General of…
The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has approved the posting of Umar Mohammed, the current Director Prosecution as the new Solicitor General of the Federation/ Permanent Secretary. He also approved the posting of Babadoko Mohammed, Special Assistant, Prosecution in the Office of the HAGF, to take over…
The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (HAGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN has confirmed the suspension of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu by President Muhammadu Buhari. This confirmation came in a statement from the Ministry, issued by the Special Assistant to the HAGF on Media and…
