The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been conferred with the award of Distinguished Service Star of Rivers State, DSSRS, by the River State governor, Nyesom Wike.

The award was presented to Mr Malami by the governor at an event held at Rivers State’s Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday December 3.

Umar Gwandu, spokesman for the minister, made this known in a statement issued to journalists on Sunday.

The statement added that the award was conferred on Mr Malami for his contribution to the establishment of Dr. Nabo Graham-Douglass Rivers State’s Campus of the Nigerian Law School, among other contributions to nation building.