A United Kingdom Commercial Court on Tuesday ordered the release of the $200m used as security for the Process and Industrial Development $10bn arbitral award. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed this on Tuesday.
36 STATES DRAG FG TO SUPREME COURT OVER COURTS’ FUNDING - PUNCH PG.8, DAILY TRUST PG.4, NATION PG.20, THISDAY PG.5, SUN PG.8
The 36 states of the federation have gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 signed in May by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), on the funding of the courts.
MALAMI DONATES N11M TO KEBBI FLOOD VICTIMS - NATION PG.34, THISDAY PG.42
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has donated N11 million to flood victims in Gwandu Emirate in Kebbi.
NEW COMMISSION TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN HYDROPOWER PRODUCING STATES –MALAMI - PUNCH PG.4, NATION PG.7
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Saturday that the Federal Government had finalized the plan for the take-off of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission.
FG DEPORTS 10 EGYPTIANS, SEVEN SRI-LANKANS, OTHERS - PUNCH PG.8
The Federal Government has deported 10 Egyptians, seven Sri-Lankans and an Indians over various criminal and immigration offences.
A CIVIL society organization (CSO), the Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), has urged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to stop attending the sittings of the Justice Isa Ayo Salami-led presidential panel investigating allegations of corruption against the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.
A former Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Monday Ubani, says he is withdrawing the suit he filed to challenge the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), on the unilateral amendments he made to the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2017.
CORRUPTION IN A NATION THAT FORGETS - DAILY SUN BACK PAGE
There are many problems that are putting unbearable pressure on Nigerians and Nigeria. Officials who were elected to govern, including those who were assigned specific tasks to help to engineer solutions to national development challenges, have either flopped, abdicated their responsibility, or used the opportunity to defraud the country. For 60 years, Nigeria experimented with different modes of government.
FG LAUNCHES CENTRAL DATABASE FOR RECOVERED LOOTS - THISDAY PG.5 BLUE PRINT. PG.5, NEW TELEGRAPH PG.4, PILOT PG.5, AND VANGUARD PG.8
The federal government yesterday launched two tools – the Central Database on Recovered Asset and the Central Criminal Justice Information System (CCJIS) to enhance transparency in its fight against corruption in the country. The tools, offshoot of the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019 and the National Anti-Corruption Strategy,
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says sometimes, lawmakers carry out investigative hearings without the knowledge of the leadership of the National Assembly. The speaker said those hearings were not backed by any resolutions of the House.
At least 33 properties owned by the Federal Government in the United Kingdom have been identified and some are at risk of being forfeited due to a damage cost awarded to an energy firm, Eurafic Power Limited, by a London Court of International Arbitration which was endorsed by a UK High Court. The development comes as Nigeria continues to battle another firm, P&ID, which is attempting to seize $9bn Nigerian assets.
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