The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation is currently enmeshed in a scandal after refusing to pay a whistle-blower (name withheld) his N1.8bn commission for exposing an account with $223m (N80.2bn). Several documents made available to The PUNCH by…
FEC approves N2.8bn contract to decongest prisons electronically (Punch)
The sum of N2.8bn was approved by the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday to help speed up the decongestion of crowded prisons in the country by digital connectivity. The project will establish a digital web-based, integrated system that will monitor…
Minimum wage: Court gives FG, Labour till Jan 30 to submit report (Punch)
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Federal Government and Organised Labour to submit a report of their negotiations on the disputes over the new minimum wage by January 30, 2019. Justice Sanusi Kado had…
Dasuki’s bail and the Attorney General – Reuben Abati
It’s been more than two weeks now since His Lordship Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave clear, positive and unambiguous orders in the matter between Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) as applicant and three persons…
June 12 not Democracy Day yet, clarifies AGF (Guardian)
The declaration of June 12 as a public holiday was a mere statement of desire by President Muhammadu Buhari, said Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami. He made the clarification, yesterday, after the Federal…
AGF: $500m loot coming (Nation)
Another $500 millin loot will soon be repatriated to the country, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami said yesterday. He spoke after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “Nigeria has…