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Court orders forfeiture of $899,900, 15 properties recovered from Ex-AGF

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2022 0

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered

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AGF tasks accountants on probity, accountability

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2021 0

Mr Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of the Federation, has urged accounting professionals to ensure probity, accountability and transparency in the use of public resources. He said this when members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Abuja and District Society, visited the Nations’ Treasury House in Abuja, to commemorate this year’s International

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AGF solicits Varsities bursars’ inputs on management of treasury

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has called on the Association of Bursars of Nigerian Universities (ABNU) to put in place a think tank that will generate ideas to enhance effective management of the nation’s treasury. The AGF was speaking at the opening ceremony of ABNU’s two-day […]

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Updated: £4.2m Ibori’s money: AGF recants, says FG yet to remit money to Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2021 0

*PDP slams state APC for alleged misinformation *Finance minister denies knowledge of recovered ex-gov’s cash Andrew Orolua, Tom Okpe (Abuja) and Nosa Akenzua (Asaba) Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has said that the £4,214,017.66 pounds recovered from Ibori’s associates has not been returned to Delta State where the money was

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FG yet to remit £4.2m Ibori’s loot to Delta State , Idris clarifies

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2021 0

ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris said Wednesday that the £4,214,017.66 pounds recovered from Ibori’s associates has not been returned to Delta State where the money was looted from ,contrary to his earlier claim. ” For now, no money has been returned to Delta State,” he said. Mr Idris had […]

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COVID-19 funds: Reps c’ttee threatens AGF with warrant of arrest

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account (PAC) has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Wole Oke (PDP-Osun), issued the threat over the failure of the AGF to appear before the committee to defend the amount spent […]

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Accountant-General to IGP: No going back on IPPIS enrolment

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2018 0

… Explains shortfall in salary payment … Directs consultant to resolve all issues The Accountant – General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, has told the Nigeria Police that his office would not renege in enrolling the police and other security agencies on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), as directed by President […]

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ECA $1bn: AGF to Fayose ‘You should have objected at Governors forum’

Ihesiulo Grace 17 December 2017 0

The Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris has reacted to Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose’s objection to the withdrawal of $1 billion from the ECA. The AGF said ‘Fayose should have made his objection known to the Governors’ Forum and not to the press,’stressing that the state governors as part owners of the […]

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DSS Probes Al-Jazeera Journalists for Alleged Spying

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2015 0

  The Department of State Security (DSS), is investigating two journalists working with Doha-based international television, Al Jazeera, for allegedly spying on military operational areas. The two Nigerian-born journalists, detained by the military, were released to the Department of State Security (DSS) on Saturday. Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha were picked up by the