Ahmed Idris, the temporarily suspended accountant-general of the federation, has appeared in a federal capital territory high court with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Naijacrawl reported in May that Idris had been detained in Kano after declining the commission’s invitations to provide answers about the alleged N80 billion scam.Idris was placed on indefinite “pay suspension” by Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget, and national plannin...

The suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Public Affairs of the commission, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.Uwujaren said Idris was released after meeting his bail conditions.He said: “I actually do not have an idea of what the bail conditions are but a...

Barely 48 hours after he criticized the Buhari led administration, the chief Imam of Apo Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been suspended by the mosque’s steering committee for criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari over Kaduna train bombing.The Imam, in his Friday sermon, had criticized the president for failure to visit Kaduna over the daring terrorist attack, saying condemnation wasn’t enough.He argued that the president was in Kaduna for campaign...