Tag: Attorney-General
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Joe Biden makes attorney general pick
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has formally announced judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for attorney-general, a role that amounts to being the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Garland, a Justice Department veteran, currently serves on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He came to prominence in 2016 as former president…
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U.S. Attorney General, Barr resigns
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is resigning from the top cabinet position with effect from Dec. 23, confirming the resignation rumours. Barr did not give reasons for the decision in his two-page resignation letter posted by President Donald Trump on Twitter on Monday evening. “Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr…
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Akeredolu sacks Ondo attorney-general
The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has sacked his Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kola Olawoye. Akeredolu who didn’t state reasons for the removal of Olawoye, immediately appointed a human rights lawyer, Mr. Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. Akeredolu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Segun Ajiboye in a statement on…
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AmericaDecides2020: Trump’s Republican Party submits ‘3,062 instances of electoral fraud’ to Attorney-General
The Republican Party in Nevada has sent a criminal referral of what it described as “at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud” to US Attorney General, William Barr. The party explained that the alleged electoral fraud involved people who are no longer residents in the State but had voted after they had moved away from…
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BREAKING: Nigeria’s former Attorney-General, Richard Akinjide is dead
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. Born in Ibadan, in the early 1930s to an influential family of warriors, the late foremost lawyer and Ibadan High Chief attended Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife from where he passed out…
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Buhari mourns former Kano Attorney-General, Umar
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, noted that the late Umar dedicated his life to the service of the country and humanity. The President, however, sent his message of condolences to the Kano State government, the people of the state, the Nigerian…
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Police will no longer handle prosecutions in courts – Attorney General
Henceforth, Police in Kano state will now be disallowed from handling criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state in magistrates’ courts in the ancient city. Kano state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Mukhtar, who made this known on Sunday in Kano, explained that, “The criminal justice system in Kano has witnessed a major leap…
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Lagos courts to go digital in 2020 — Attorney General
As part of measures to ensure speedy dispensation of justice in Lagos, the administration of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is to oversee a digital reform of courtrooms in the state. Speaking during a media parley on Tuesday at the Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Lagos, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), said…
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Alleged N25bn fraud: Attorney-General takes over Sen. Goje’s case from EFCC
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on Friday took over the case of alleged N25 billion fraud filed against Former Gombe State Governor Danjuma Goje from the EFCC. The News Agency ofNigeria (NAN) reports in Jos that for almost eight years, the EFCC had been prosecuting the former governor until Friday. The…
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Oyo Attorney General advocates effective implementation of multi door court law
Oyo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluseun Abimbola has advocated an effective implementation of multi door Court law recently accented to in the State by the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. He stated this while receiving the new Executive Members of Nigeria Bar Association, Ibadan branch who paid a…