Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has insisted that the local government elections scheduled for Saturday will proceed as planned despite an appeal from the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, to suspend the polls. In a statement on Friday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mr. Olawale Rasheed emphasised that democracy is guided by the rule of …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi has directed the Nigeria Police to transfer to his office the casefile of the 72 defendants charged with participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests last August. They were granted bail of N10 million each by a Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, on Friday. Fagbemi, …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi has said that anyone found guilty of corruption should not enjoy state pardon. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is also the Minister of Justice, counselled law enforcement agencies against shoddy investigations, urging them to have their facts before summoning anyone for questioning. At a roundtable organised by the Independent Corrupt …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said that the United Kingdom Court of Appeal has ordered that Nigeria’s P&ID Post judgment costs be paid in Great Britain Pounds Sterling. This was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Communications and Publicity, Office of the AGF, Kamarudeen Ogundele, …

The proposal by the Federal Government to grant full autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria is a welcome development and long overdue. I commend the Federal Government whose Attorney General of the Federation,  Lateef Fagbemi SAN has approached the Supreme Court to pursue this landmark initiative. There is no doubt that our democratic journey has been slow due to …