President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his order before it would obey the judgement of the Supreme Court. The president on Monday, March 13 said the CBN does not need his consent before it would follow the directive of the apex court. This was revealed in…
The North West zone of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami to tender the resignation of their appointments for “misleading” President Muhammmadu Buhari on the cashless policy. The Informant247 earlier reported that…
Abubakar Malami(SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has stated that the Federal Government got a total of N1, 823,788.146.86 from forfeited assets. Malami also said $641million recovered loot from the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha has been used for social investment and development of critical infrastructure. He explained that $319million…
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday, ruled out a N20 billion law suit initiated by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). The Informant247 learnt that the IPOB leader, through his legal practitioner, Aloy Ejimakor, had dragged Malami and Ahmed Abubakar,…
Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has called on the federal government to immediately release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. This came as a reaction to Kanu’s discharge by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Thursday. A senior counsel to the leader of…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari over his continued lack of freedom. The IPOB leader has informed Buhari, in a letter, to free him without any condition from detention and stop all charges filed against him. The Informant247 recalls that Kanu has been in…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a case against President Muhammadu Buhari. They have told the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the…
The Federal Government on Thursday said it has recovered over N3.2bn (£6,324,627.66) of stolen funds from various jurisdictions across the globe from March 2021 to May 2022. The government also revealed that the present adminstration has secured over 1000 convictions on terrorism related cases within its first 18 months. The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF,…
The pictures of Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Nana Hadiza, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he just married, are in circulation on social media. The Informant247 had earlier reported that Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation, has married the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nana Hadiza, as his third…
Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation, has married the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nana Hadiza, as his third wife. The Informant247 gathered that the private Nikkai ceremony was done on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja. Nana Hadiza is one of the daughters of President Buhari from his late first…
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami,SAN, has tasked Government Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Malami, who represented by Mr Gowon Ichibor, the Head, FOI Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice made the call in his keynote address at the training of FOI Desk officers from…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Malam Abubakar Malami, has said the amended electoral bill will aid insecurity and discrimination. The minister, who made this position known in a phone in programme on Radio Kano, monitored in Abuja, also maintained that the electoral bill had excessive cost implications, and hence would…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, has affirmed the support of the Ministry toward the establishment of special courts to prosecute Sexual and Gender-based Violence cases in the country. Malami made this statement during the 7th Network Conference on Sexual Assault Referral Centres jointly organised by the Federal…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said the Federal Government would not adopt the policy of naming and shaming in disclosing the identities of identified suspected financiers of terrorism activities. This, Malami said, was because the Federal Government acknowledges the constitutional right of such suspects to the…
