The Case Against Abubakar Malami
By Sonala Olumhense Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, spent the Christmas and New Year festivities behind bars. If you are keeping score, this means that…
Malami: Where did the terrorism financing allegation go?
By Udu Yakubu When vindictiveness, vendetta and prejudice take hold, injustice can look like justice. That is the core problem with sustained narratives around contested claims that are repeated so…
From Custodian To Defendant: A Nigerian Tragedy
By Abayomi Ishola Justice is meant to stand upright, spine straight, eyes blind, scales balanced. In Nigeria, justice has learned a new yoga pose: a permanent headstand. Few events capture…
Ex-AGF Malami, son plead not guilty to criminal charges
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, and another individual have pleaded not guilty to a 16-count charge of alleged money…
EFCC arraigns ex-AGF, Abubakar Malami in Abuja today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) before Justice Nwute of Federal High Court, in…
Power, Pride and the reckoning Nigeria’s elite can’t outrun
By Haroon Abiodun He once rode through Abuja behind blaring sirens, aides scrambling, admirers stretching their necks for a glimpse. Today, the same man answers questions in stark rooms, stripped…
Alleged corruption: Group submits fresh petition to EFCC against Malami
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has submitted a fresh petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, urging the anti-graft agency to investigate new allegations of corruption, financial mismanagement…
Submit yourself for probe, HURIWA charges Malami
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over his public demand that the Chairman of the…
‘Kebbi Govt have no hand in Malami’s EFCC case’
The Kebbi State Government has denied claims that it was responsible for the ongoing ordeal of the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who…
ADC, EFCC combats over Malami’s detention
The African Democratic Congress has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against politicising its anti-graft war, saying that doing so amounts to corruption. The party faulted the revocation of…