…are the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as the 2nd and 3rd respondents, respectively. When the case was called on Tuesday, El-Rufai’s lawyer was not in court. Justice Abdulmalik then made an order deeming all the processes filed by the former governor adopted. Abdul Mo…

…would also observe that this appears to be the largest since we started,” he added. The AGF attributed the progress to the cooperation of the judges, prosecution and defence lawyers, as well as security and other relevant agencies involved in the exercise. He particularly commended the judges sitting under the leadersh…

…4, which related to providing information to the bandit leader. Following the plea, the AGF applied for the three denied counts to be struck out, and the court granted the request. The prosecution called a witness who was part of the team that investigated Frank. Identified only as " AAA" after the court allowed the fe…

…of the charges. Oyedepo told the judge that the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, carried out a review of the case file and the charge filed by the Inspector General of Police and found some loopholes. Among others, he said that the documents allegedly forged by Adey…

…the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) before the court as first to fourth respondents. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/368/2026, was filed on February 24 by his counsel, Oluwole Iyamu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.Why the court threw out the suitThe judge found that el-Rufa…

A video of a Nigerian mum expressing shock after her children presented an AI-generated photo of her with another man has left many reeling with laughter online. Her children edited a photo of their mum and superimposed the image of an elderly man dressed in same attire and giving her a peck, and presented the photo to…

…the control of the Attorney-General and that the Legal Practitioners Act limited the AGF’s powers to intervene in its affairs. Osigwe said the Court of Appeal subsequently agreed with the NBA’s position on the AGF’s power to issue such a directive in the circumstances. He further said the NBA invited domestic and inter…

…complete discontinuation of the case. It said, “The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) must immediately discontinue the case in its entirety rather than permit any purported ‘suspension’ until after the election. There must be no attempt to keep this case hanging over Sowore’s head as a political weapon that can…

…and splitting up the party. Malami, a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, urged members of the opposition party to be united ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during the inauguration of the 600-member ADC Campaign Council in the state, Malami disclosed that party members…

…2024 when he approached the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) for an administrative code, self-accounting status and approval to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria.He supported the applications with purported official documents, including an appointment letter, an establishment instr…

…zones of the federation. Despite the observed shortfalls in the justice system, the AGF, who was represented by the Director of Criminal Justice and Reforms Department in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Leticia Ayoola-Daniels, lauded the Federal Government for steps it has taken to strengthen the rights of childr…

…“Instead of filing that jurisdictional challenge, what did they do? They responded to AGF Malami’s theatrics, filing counter-affidavits and debating the merits of the stay rather than striking at the heart of the matter: the court’s jurisdiction to even hear it. “The result was catastrophic. The stay was granted. A new…

…to the issuance of an administrative code to the fake agency. According to him, the OAGF received what appeared to be an official request from the State House and deliberately addressed its response to the Permanent Secretary rather than directly to the agency. “As part of our due diligence, what we did was to convey t…

Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday appeared for the prosecution in the trial of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sowore is being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alle…

…was filed by the 70 soldiers against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) after the military authorities allegedly failed to act on their request for reinstatement following the 2022 presidential pardon. The claimants, represented by Falana & Falana Chambers, sought declaratio…

…billion, alleging that they were proceeds of unlawful activities linked to the former AGF. On January 16, vacation judge Justice Emeka Nwite granted an interim forfeiture order over the property and directed the EFCC to publish the order in a national newspaper to enable interested persons to appear before the court an…

Alleged Money Laundering: See the list of 48 properties belonging to former AGF Malami that the court has ordered confiscated 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.…

…operating under the platform ‘Backlog of NOUN Law Graduates’, gathered at the AGF’s office in Abuja to press the federal government for urgent intervention, describing the situation as a prolonged injustice against otherwise qualified law graduates. The action followed a similar protest at the National Assembly earlier…

…Abuja, effected arrest ***Residents confirm arrest ***PFIPC has no CBN account, OAGF clarifies By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Adeola Badru IBADAN-The Police have arrested the father and family friend of embattled Director-General of the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervent…

…matter, threw his weight behind the plaintiffs. In processes filed before the court, the AGF argued that the continued existence of the said political parties violates extant provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and ultimately undermines the nation's electoral integrity. The AGF argued that unless the court…

…Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA - The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has clarified that no account was successfully opened with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), stating that no public funds h…

…of disowned agency speak about Adeyemi, operations At least three civil servants from OAGF were deployed on 28 August, 2025, according to a posting letter published on the OAGF website. According to an online newspaper, PREMIUM TIMES, three senior civil servants, whom the Office of the Accountant General of the Federat…

…weeks. Recall that on February 27, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, arraigned Ozekhome and his co-defendant, Ponfa Useni, on 12 counts of forgery and impersonation, which stemmed from a battle over property ownership in the UK. Ruling on the application for release of Ozekhome 's passport, Jus…

The AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, a SAN, who led the federal government's team of lawyer for the prosecution, said the government was determined to stamp out terrorism and related activities from the country.

…FHC/KNJ/CR/985/2026, filed by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice. The judge sentenced Garba to a 35-year jail term in counts one and two, a life imprisonment in count three, and a death sentence in counts four and five. "May God have mercy on you," the judge said. NAN rep…