The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rejected an application by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, for an approval of a Federal High Court in Abuja to allow him to travel abroad for a medical check-up. Bello is standing trial for alleged money laundering amounting to N80.2 billion, and he is being prosecuted by the …

I thought I was seeing double when I first saw the report on social media that the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the professional body to which I belong, has bestowed a ‘Lifetime’ award on the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Remember him? Impunity, recklessness, and controversy trailed Yahaya Bello while in office. His regime was not …

The Federal Government has instituted a suit against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, over alleged defamatory remarks made on live television. The suit marked CR/297/25 and filed before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on 16 May, 2025, has Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. The government accused the senator of ‘making imputation knowing or having reason to …

Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements allegedly made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central district. In the petition signed by his lawyer, N.A. Abubakar, to the IGP on Wednesday, Bello called on the police to invite Akpoti-Uduaghan to substantiate her allegations against him with …

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is serving a six-month suspension from the legislative house, on Thursday applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for rejecting a petition to recall her as the lawmaker representing Kogi Central district. The female lawmaker, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said that the electoral umpire should have thrown out the petition long before …

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday admitted in evidence receipts of school fees paid to the American International School, Abuja (AISA) in favour of the children of the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The receipts were among other documents tendered by the prosecution at the resumed hearing in the trial of the ex-governor on an N80.2 billion …

Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, to newsmen on Friday evening. Duza said, “Yahaya Bello has been released after meeting the bail …

Unless he is able to perfect his bail application, former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello will be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja until 29 January 2025 the next hearing of his N110 billion money laundering trial resumes. This follows the ruling on Tuesday by a judge of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, …

The above question arose out of one’s curiosity based on the way the detained former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has conducted himself since his ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) came into the public knowledge around April this year. In April this year, Yahaya Bello was said to have been invited by the EFCC …

And it came to pass that on the day of Our Lord, Tuesday, 26 November 2024 the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Belo, earlier declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was arrested and detained by the Commission at its headquarters in Abuja. The EFCC and Bello have engaged in a cat and mouse game …