Abubakar Malami

Isaac Adewole retains position as Nigeria’s best minister | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for ministers

Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has retained his number one spot as the most effective minister in the Nigeria. Adewole, who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan claimed the position last week dislodging Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, who was the previous occupier of the position. The Health minister’s alertness and sense... Read More

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Frequent removal of EFCC chairmen will soon be stopped – AGF

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is planning a review of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act. Malami said this while speaking at the opening of the Ibadan EFCC Zonal Office and Stakeholders Engagement Session in Oyo State. He said... Read More

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‘President Buhari to preside over weekly FEC meeting today’

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari will preside over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, according to Daily Trust. The President has not attended the last three FEC meetings, fuelling speculation about his health. According to the newspaper, the president’s itinerary for this week showed he would be available for the meeting on Wednesday. [Read... Read More

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Buhari worried over assets gathered by anti-corruption agencies – AGF

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry over the delay in passage of the Proceeds of Crime Act by the National Assembly. Malami stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of a closed-door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential... Read More

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CBN Governor appears before Osinbajo’s investigative panel

by Dolapo Adelana In its bid to unravel the truth concerning allegations against the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke; and the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, the committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the allegations queried the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria,... Read More

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‘Suspend all officials involved, Buhari tells Osinbajo panel’

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the presidential investigative panel probing the allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, to suspend all government officials linked to both cases, Daily Trust reports. According to a source who spoke on Saturday,... Read More

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Osinbajo-led panel interrogates Magu again

by Dolapo Adelana The committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke for the second day running met with the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. According... Read More

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$50m: Osinbajo’s investigative panel quizzes Magu, Daura, Idris

by Dolapo Adelana The three-man presidential committee headed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo investigating the discovery of $43.4m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, Thursday questioned the acting chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, Daily Trust reports. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has since laid... Read More

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Only Buhari can decide Magu’s fate – Malami

by Dolapo Adelana The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said only President Muhammadu Buhari has the constitutional right to determine the fate of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. Malami said this on Friday while speaking during a Channels TV... Read More

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E-passport deal: Senate summons AGF, Dambazau, four firms

The Senate has summoned the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami; Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris; Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.); and four private companies. The upper chamber invited them to explain a multi-billion naira e-passport production deal. They are to appear before the... Read More

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‘Magu is a perennial offender and cannot change, new DSS report reveals’

by Dolapo Adelana The end of the travails of acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu seems not to be in sight. Magu had been rejected twice by the Senate from becoming the substantive chair of the commission due to a report by the Department of State Services (DSS) questioning his integrity.... Read More

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AGF intervenes in Senate-Ali uniform saga, writes Saraki

by Azeez Adeniyi The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has written to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over the face off between the Senate and Comptroller General of the Senate, Hameed Ali. Malami in the letter stated that it was sub-judicial for the upper chamber to insist Ali should wear uniform. This was... Read More

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‘Buhari may back Customs boss in stand-off with Senate’

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari may lean towards the side of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), in his ongoing stand-off with the Senate over his failure to wear his uniform. Ali and the Senate have been at loggerheads over his refusal to wear the uniform of the Service... Read More

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Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan agreed to $1.1bn Malabu oil deal – Adoke

by Dolapo Adelana A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke has written a letter to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring his innocence in the controversial Malabu oil deal. Two major international oil companies, Shell and Agip were alleged to have bribed Nigerian officials to secure an oil prospecting licence for... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Xenophobia: Militants threaten to attack MTN, Shoprite, others | EFCC briefs Senate on 47 SUVs seized from ex-perm sec | More stories

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Buhari approves private investments in refineries – YNaija FG refusing to embark on developmental projects in Rivers – Wike – YNaija Xenophobia: Militants threaten to attack MTN, Shoprite, others – YNaija AGF urges National Assembly to pass whistleblower bill – YNaija Over 5,000 Nigerian girls still prostituting... Read More

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AGF urges National Assembly to pass whistleblower bill

by Azeez Adeniyi The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has urged the National Assembly to pass the Whistleblower bills into law. According to Special Adviser to the AGF on Media and Publicity, Salihu Isah on Wednesday, Malami made the plea when he appeared on a live programme on the Nigerian Television Authority... Read More

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Release Gbadamosi, restrain the DSS, Falana tells Malami

by Dolapo Adelana A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Babatunde Gbadamosi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement signed by Falana said the DSS has trampled on Gbadamosi’s human rights for detaining him for over a week without charging... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Falana writes AGF demands Zakzaky’s release

by Dolapo Adelana A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to ensure the release of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Shi’ia sect, or face another legal action, The Cable reports. “We are solicitors to Sheik Ibraheem Elzakzaky and his wife, Hajia Ibraheema Elzakzaky on... Read More

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February 26, 2017

FG to recover £321m, $600m from Switzerland, UK

by Dolapo Adelana The Federal Government says it is on the verge of repatriating more loot kept in foreign countries by corrupt Nigerians this year. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), stated this on Thursday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and... Read More

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February 24, 2017

FG has recovered N57.9bn in anti-corruption war – AGF

by Dolapo Adelana The Federal Government says it has recovered the whopping sum of57.9 billion naira as well as $666.676 US dollars in its anti-corruption war. Accoring to PR Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) made the revelation in Abuja on Thursday, while defending the ministry’s 2017... Read More

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January 30, 2017

El-Zakzaky wants Malami, Daura imprisoned for contempt of court

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known Shi’ites, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has requested the Federal High Court in Abuja to imprison those who have continued to keep him in custody despite a court order. Zakzaky and his wife have been in the custody of the DSS since 2015 despite a ruling by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the... Read More

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January 26, 2017

N18bn has been recovered as stolen loots – AGF Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday revealed that the Federal Government has recovered N15 billion and $10.5 million. Malami disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters visited the ministry on its oversight function. “Let me put it... Read More

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January 12, 2017

AGF Malami confirms submission of report on Magu, Lawal to Buhari

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on Wednesday said he has submitted his report on the probe of two top government officials. The officials probed on the order of the President are the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,... Read More

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January 7, 2017

If indicted, Magu will go – Ndume

Senate leader Ali Ndume has said acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Magu will be let go if he is indicted by the report of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Ndume, who stated this in an interview with The Punch said Magu was not indispensable. The Senate leader, however... Read More

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January 3, 2017

These are the best and worst Nigerian ministers in 2016

Nigerians online and offline appear to be of the opinion that a cabinet reshuffle is one of the things President Muhammadu Buhari needs to do 2017. We don’t know if he will heed the call or not, but what we know is that his cabinet needs regular assessment to evaluate their performance. We have set... Read More

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December 31, 2016

Magu has not been sacked – Presidency

The presidency has dismissed rumours that acting chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been sacked. In a series of tweets on Saturday by Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidency said, “We are reading reports that the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu has been sacked. “No report... Read More

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December 31, 2016

Where is Diezani Alison-Madueke?

You may remember her as the Minister of Petroleum with the best taste in jewellery or as former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s arch-enemy but Diezani Alison-Madueke will also go down in history as a woman who broke many “first female” records. Alison-Madueke started her career with Shell Petroleum Development Corporation in 1992 and... Read More

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December 30, 2016

AGF queries Babachir Lawal over North East contract fraud

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has sent a query to the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal over alleged contract fraud, Daily Trust reports. It was learnt that the query was sent on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari and has already been... Read More

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December 21, 2016

Attorney-General orders Magu to respond to DSS allegations

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has ordered the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to respond to the allegations against him by the DSS. According to TheCable, Malami in a letter dated December 19, 2016 gave Magu 48 hours to respond to the allegations. The DSS had... Read More

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