Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to withdraw cybercrime charges filed against activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian police. In a letter dated March 4, 2025, and received by the AGF’s office on March 5, Falana ...

  The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the provision of Section 84 of the Sheriff and Civil Process Act (S&CPA), which mandates obtaining the Attorney General of the Federation’s (AGF) approval before initiating garnishee proceedings to enforce monetary judgments against the government or its agencies. In a 4-1 majority ruling, the apex court declined ...

    The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has defended the extended tenure of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, affirming its legality under the amended Police Act. In a statement personally signed on Thursday in Abuja, Fagbemi clarified that while Egbetokun is set to reach the ...

  A legal practitioner, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has called on the Supreme Court to fast-track the hearing of his appeal against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), regarding the operationalisation of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, CAP. F35, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. Ekpenyong’s appeal, marked SC/CR/92/2024, seeks an order ...

In a significant development, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has authorized renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) to file fraud charges against Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman of Zinox Group, his wife Chioma Ekeh, and several others. This authorization reverses the actions of former AGF Abubakar Malami ...

  Attorneys-general and Justice Commissioners from Nigeria’s 36 states, along with major justice sector stakeholders, are set to converge in Abuja on Monday, September 9, 2024, for a crucial roundtable on tackling corruption. The one-day event, themed “Building a Unified Front Against Corruption in Nigeria,” is organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related ...

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Kanu Agabi, has criticized Nigeria’s presidential system of government, arguing that it fosters dictatorship. He made this assertion during the 23rd Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture, themed ‘Nigeria’s Pathways: Diagnosis and Prescriptions,’ in honor of Bishop Mike Okonkwo’s 79th birthday. Agabi expressed concern over Nigeria’s governance, warning that the ...

  The National Counter-Terrorism Centre, under the Office of the National Security Adviser, announced on Wednesday that the government has resumed mass trials of terrorism suspects in the country. In December 2023, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, reported that the Federal Government had secured 366 convictions in the trial ...

Some aggrieved nurses have dragged the Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Ali Pate; the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi; the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) to court over the implementation of a new certificate verification guidelines. The Nurses and Midwifery Council published a circular on February 7, 2024, ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Dawaki, Abuja, on Monday, convicted four Boko Haram financiers. They are Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed, and Bunu Kame. The office of the Attorney General of the Federation disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The AGF’s Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele, said the prosecution ...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said the government would not back down on the enactment of whistleblowers law as plans were underway to reintroduce the aborted bill to the 10th National Assembly. He stated this at a town hall meeting organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Tuesday stated that the proposed International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) would enable the Nigerian government to tackle high-profile cases, powerful individuals and recover stolen assets and property abroad. He asserted that Nigeria had been grappling with the debilitating effects of corruption for decades, ...

  Legal giant, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN has decried Nigeria’s huge debt describing it as distressing and unhealthy. Speaking at a reception in honor of one of his mentees and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi(SAN), the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti said “When a person inherits suffocating debt, he does ...

  The Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, visits the Moshood Abiola Stadium, the venue of the NBA 2023 Amnual General Conference. The AGF, who also participated in the 5km Health Walk, one of the Programs lined up for the weeklong event, was taken on a tour of the venue led by NBA ...