The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has taken over the N5 billion fraud case filed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah. The Chief State Counsel, David Kaswe, disclosed this at the court during proceedings on Tuesday. He stated that a letter had been sent to the EFCC …

The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, has charged Accountants across the country to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be more relevant in today’s world. Madein said this yesterday when the president and members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Abuja and District Society, held a Health walk to the Treasury House as part …

An indigenous firm, Soljas Limited, has dragged the Ministry of Defence before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to challenge the destruction of its vessel, MV Cecelia, over alleged crude oil theft. In the suit marked FHC/PH/CS/157/2023, the firm is demanding $4 million, being the cost of the vessel, in addition to N10 billion damages. Listed as defendants in …

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, to submit a detailed report on the use of the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds approved and released by the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari to ministries, departments and agencies between 2020 and 2022. The Chairman of House Committee …

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the non-remittance of money to the National Housing Fund and the utilisation of funds from 2011 to date, on Thursday, warned that the chief executive officers who failed to honour its invitation risk being subpoenaed. The committee consequently gave the defaulting banks till Thursday next week to appear before it with all …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has tasked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi to prioritise reforms in Nigeria’s justice system. NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the areas mostly in need of urgent …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking …

  The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein on Tuesday disclosed that only 640 out of over 900 agencies of the Federal Government were captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). She made this disclosure before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the IPPIS. Madein said …

The Senate has indicted the Office of Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) over failure to repay short-term loans given to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) from Special Funds Accounts totalling N910 billion. The lawmakers discovered this after an investigation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, following the submission of the 2017 Auditor General report. …

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has filed a libel suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). In the suit marked CV/6273/2023, Alison-Madueke is accusing the first and second defendants – the EFCC and the AGF – of writing and publishing “false and defamatory reports about her of …