Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, February 27, 2026, ordered the remand of the former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe and their son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami in correctional facilities,...
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Former Chairman of the governing board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).l, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and five others for alleged...
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Mali, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), in connection with alleged terrorism financing. Malami, a senior advocaate of Nigeria (SAN), served as Nigeria’s chief law officer from November 2015 to May 2023 under...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has pushed back strongly against what it described as a wave of “deliberate misrepresentation” of its work, insisting that its mandate is firmly rooted in law and has nothing to do with targeting opposition politicians. In a statement issued via its official X...
Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, is set for a month-long stretch of daily questioning at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as investigators dig into the trail of an alleged $490 million Abacha loot retrieved through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). A senior EFCC...
Rep. Donald Ojogo (APC-Ondo) has criticised former Attorney General, Mallam Abubakar Malami, over his comments on the All Progressive Congress (APC’s) endorsements of President Bola Tinubu. Ojogo, in a statement on Tuesday, recalled that Malami argued the APC should focus on governance, insecurity, and the economy instead of endorsing...
A FCT High Court sitting in Kubwa has struck out the N1 billion suit brought against a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, while he was in office. Also sued was a civil servant, Ms Asabe Waziri and two others – the office...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has elected to hear a N1.5 billion defamation suit brought against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) by former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Victor Attah. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the preliminary objection raised by the AGF, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says the Federal Government has recorded modest gains in the area of Justice reforms through legislations and judicial decisions. Malami disclosed this at the two-day body of Attorneys General conference on Tuesday, in Abuja. “The achievements...
Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says his duty as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation stood out as the most challenging period of his professional career. Malami said this at the launch and public presentation of his Autobiography titled `Traversing The Thorny Terrain of Nigeria’s Justice Sector: My...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi says calls for declaration of the governorship election result is an affront to the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Alhaji Abubakar Gari-Malam, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in the state, has called on the INEC to declare the...
The Federal Government (FG) said it would obey the ruling of the Supreme Court suspending the February 10 deadline for the validity of the old naira notes. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, made this known in an interview with Arise News on Thursday. Malami said...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, recently, said no fewer than 556 pre-election matters were pending before the court as the country prepared for the 2023 general elections. According to Justice Tsoho, a total of 1,838 pre-election cases were filed in the...
Alhaji Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s rice revolution scheme for saving the country’s annual rice importation which stood at N1.5 trillion before 2015. He made the disclosure at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kebbi South Zonal rally held in Yauri, Yauri Local Government...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday sworn in 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) in Abuja. Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank were, Mr Mustapha Ibrahim, Mr Ikani Kanu-Agabi and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lawyers Mr Sylvanus Tahir...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved and ordered that measures be taken for immediate implementation of the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judicial officers. Buhari made this known at the official inauguration and handing over ceremony of Nabo Graham-Douglass Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt to the...
The Prison Decongestion programm of the Ministry of Justice has resulted in the release of 12,000 inmates across correctional centres in the country since 2016. Secretary of the Prison Decongestion Committee of the ministry, Mrs Patricia Ayoola Daniels made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2023 budget...
The Federal Government is committed to ending all undemocratic and uncultured activities against journalists. Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, SAN, made this known in Abuja at the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists with the theme: “Policy Dialogue on Media, Civil Society and Violence-free...
After evading prosecution for over eight years, the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and 11 other suspects in alleged N170.3 million contract fraud have finally been charged to court. On September 9, 2022, Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, filed a 17-count charge against the suspects...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC)has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami made this known to State House correspondents at the...