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- 15 Jul 2026
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of 48 Properties Linked to Former AGF Abubakar Malami
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, July 15, ordered the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr.…
- 2 Jul 2021
FG Banned Twitter in National Interest- Malami
Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, has said the ban on the use of Twitter in the country was done to protect Nigeria’s interest. Malami said the…
- 12 Sept 2022
Nigeria Modernizing IP Law in Line with Current Realities – Malami
Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation and minister of Justice, has said that the Federal Government is working to ensure that the country’s Intellectual Property (IP) law and…
- 12 Feb 2021
Why #EndSARS Campaigners' Bank Accounts are Still Frozen - Malami
Abubakar Malami, SAN, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, has given reasons the federal government was yet to obey the court order to unfreeze bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS…
- 8 Jun 2021
Malami Logs into Twitter to Deactivate Account
Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, on Tuesday logged into Twitter and deactivated his account to show solidarity with the Federal Government which had…
- 5 Jun 2020
Group Petitions US Congress, Demands Emefiele’s Sanction over Alleged Scam at CBN
Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF), global pan-Nigeria group, has petitioned the US Congress over alleged multiple scams at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the watch of Godwin…
- 6 Sept 2020
Malami Accuses Govt Officials of Pocketing $301m in Oil Deal
Abubakar Malami, attorney general and minister of Justice, has revealed how $301 million were used in bribing Nigerian government officials in the $10 billion judgment earlier awarded to Process and…
- 9 Sept 2016
Nigeria’s AGF Demands Share of Abacha’s $550m Loot- Lawyer
Godson Nnaka, the United States-based attorney involved in the controversy over the repatriation of $550 million Abacha loot, has absolved himself of responsibility in the delay of the funds being…
- 17 Sept 2020
FG Launches Central Database for Stolen Asset Tracing
Federal government has launched a Central Database under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations (ARTM), 2019 and the Central Criminal Justice Information System (CCJIS) under the…
- 18 Apr 2022
Why AGF Malami Must Not Soil His Reputation, Governorship Ambition
By Adamu Sani, Public Affairs commentator The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami remains a man who divides opinions. However, in spite of the differing…
- 14 Jun 2016
Reps Summon Ministers, Others over MTN Fine
House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications has summoned Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF); Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications; Prof. Garba Danbata,…
- 30 Jan 2020
Court Strikes Out MTN’s Suit Against FG as AGF Withdraws Demand
Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday struck out the N3 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, against Abubakar Malami…
- 6 Mar 2016
Senate Invites Shittu, Comms Minister, Others over MTN Fine
Senate Committee on Communications has asked Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications and Abubakar Malami, his counterpart, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, to…
- 3 Jul 2018
Court Orders Prosecution of Journalists for Contempt in Metu’s Case
Justice Okon Abang, presiding judge in the ongoing trial of Olisa Metuh, former national publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has ordered Abubakar Malami, attorney general of…
- 23 Jul 2021
FG Recants, Says Nigerians not Stopped from Using Twitter
Federal government told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using Twitter, social media platform. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the Federation, added that many…
- 9 May 2021
SERAP Asks FG to Probe N39Bn Duplicated, Mysterious Projects by MDAs
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct Mr Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation and minister of Justice and appropriate…
- 8 Apr 2016
My Role in MTN's N50Bn Fine- AGF
Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney general of the federation and minister for Justice, has explained his role in the payment of N50billion to the Federal Government by a telecommunication firm, MTN…
- 8 Jun 2021
Just In.... Lai Mohammed Leaves Decision to Prosecute Pastors Adeboye, Kumuyi, Others for Tweeting to AGF
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice will decide whether or not to prosecute Pastor Enoch Adeboye and Pastor William Kumuyi –both popular clerics and…
- 10 Sept 2018
MTN seeks Relief from Federal High Court against CBN & AGF
MTN Nigeria on Monday filed for an injunction against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, following the government’s recent…
- 15 Feb 2017
Bankers, Civil Servants in Trouble over $151m in Fictitious Accounts
Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney-general of the Federation, has said that the federal government was compiling lists of suspects who will face trial over the $151million and N8billion found in…
- 22 Sept 2021
FG Says It will Continue to Collect VAT
Federal Government has that based on the ruling of court of appeal, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the…
- 24 Nov 2019
APC Chieftain Goes to Court, Demands Third Term for Buhari
Charles Oko Enya, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, has approached a Federal High Court in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, to direct the National Assembly and Abubakar Malami,…
- 29 Oct 2019
MTN Files 9,100-Page in N3Bn Suit against AGF for “Malicious” Demand
MTN Nigeria Communication Limited on Tuesday filed a 9,100-page document in a bid to prove its N3bn claim against Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney general of the federation (AGF), in their legal…
- 16 Apr 2016
FG Will Not Frustrate MTN over N780Bn Fine- AGF
Abubakar Malami (SAN), attorney-general of the federation and minister of Justice, has revealed that it is not the intention of the federal government to frustrate MTN as a result of the fine imposed…
- 26 Jan 2020
Pinnacle, ICPC Trade Words over Alleged Invasion, Harassment of Staff
Management of Pinnacle Communications Ltd, on has condemned the alleged invasion of its Abuja office by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).…
- 13 Sept 2017
Group Asks Buhari to Sack Fashola, Others for Non-Performance
Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), a community-based and civil society organisation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently rejig his cabinet and as a matter of…
- 10 May 2022
FG Withdraws Charges of Cyberstalking against Suraju, HEDA Chair
Federal government on Tuesday withdrew cyberstalking charges against Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman, Human and…
- 2 Feb 2018
COSON Kicks against N5.9bn Awarded to MCSN for Copyright Infringement
Barely a week after the Federal High Court in Lagos, awarded N5.9 billion “special damages” against Multichoice Nigeria in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South…
- 21 Dec 2015
MTN, Lawyer Urge Court to Declare NCC's $3.9Bn Fine Illegal
MTN Nigeria has urged the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the $3.9 billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The action came as a lawyer, Abubakar Sani, in a…
- 24 Apr 2018
FG Moves to Adopt Policies, Legislation to Fight Cyber-crime
The Federal Government has taken several steps through domestic policies and legislation as well as multilateral cooperation and collaboration to fight cybercrime , the Attorney-General of the…