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Distinction between the power of Attorney General to institute proceedings under Section 212(1) of the 1979 constitution, and to institute any civil proceedings

Extent of powers of the Attorney General with respect to Criminal prosecution

How the Powers of the Attorney-General are exercised

Power of the Attorney-General to discontinue criminal proceedings

Power of the Attorney-General to Institute criminal proceedings

Power of the Attorney-General to take over, continue and discontinue criminal proceedings

The extent of the exercise of the Attorney-General's powers

The extent of the power of the Attorney-General at common law to enter a nolle prosequi

The extent of the power of the Attorney-General of a state to institute criminal proceedings

The power to enter nolle prosequi under various Nigerian Constitutions

Whether a Chief State Counsel in the Ministry of Justice can be said to have usurped the powers of the Attorney General

Whether criminal proceedings can be validly terminated in the absence of an incumbent Attorney-General

Whether the Attorney-General is subject to control in the exercise of his constitutional responsibilities

Whether the Attorney-General of a State grant fiat to a legal practitioner to take over and continue or to discontinue proceedings instituted without constitutional or legal authority derived from an Act of the National Assembly

Whether the Attorney-General of the State has powers to prosecute a federal offence

Whether the Attorney-General's powers of public prosecution is exclusive to him

Whether the exercise of the powers of the Attorney-General can be questioned

Whether the power of the Attorney-General to delegate his constitutional powers can be questioned by the court

Whether the power of the Attorney-General to institute criminal proceedings can be reviewed by the courts

Whether the powers conferred on the Attorney-General by Section 211 of the Constitution has been fettered by Section 36 of the same Constitution

Whether the Powers of an Attorney-General can be delegated where there is no incumbent

Whether the powers of the Attorney-General can be extended to instituting criminal proceedings in any court that he chooses

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