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The AG, Mr Kiryowa Kiwanuka, labelled the Bill redundant, while some Ministers of State called for more punitive penalties

The trial of former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris on alleged N109 billion corruption charges was on Wednesday stalled at the

An Abuja High Court adjourns the trial of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others until May 11.

Wednesday’s hearing could not go on due to a missing statement that was made by Mr Idris in the course of investigation.

The absence of a defence counsel in an FCT High Court on Monday stalled the trial of suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others.

Crime

Anti-corruption group, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre), has threatened to sue the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria over its failure to investigate and sanction suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. SaharaReporters had in May reported how Idris was arrested in Kano after he failed to respond to invitations by the EFCC to answer questions over the all...

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday rearraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others over alleged N109.5 billion fraud in an FCT High Court, Maitama.

The Nigerian government on Wednesday re-arraigned the immediate past Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three other defendants for allegations bordering on N109billion fraud. In July, SaharaReporters reported that a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, ordered the remand of Ahmed and three others over 14 charges of N109billion fraud.

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Wednesday, adjourned till October 4 trial of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation