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attorney-general

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The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required.

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the post of Attorney General was created in 1789 Source: Internet

Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington Source: Internet

“100 years late, overdue justice has been done,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said on Twitter. Source: Internet

Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, says the Nigerians involved in compromising the processes in awarding the gas supply and processing contract with Process & Industrial Development will face the consequences. Source: Internet

ABUBAKAR Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has called for immediate disbandment of caretaker committees and restoration of elected local government representatives in Oyo State. Source: Internet

According to Maryland’s Attorney General Brian Frosh, approximately citizens are detained and put in pretrial detention every day in the state of Maryland. Source: Internet

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