The Media Office of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has refuted the claim in certain quarters that he is one of the sponsors of the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests across the country. A statement on Wednesday by Michael Ohiare stated the claim was part of the grand plans by some enemies of the former governor to frame …

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated July 2 and signed by his Special Assistant, Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that Bello …

The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2 billion fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ, in a letter dated 2 July, by his Special Assistant (SA), Joshua Aji, said he agreed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that …

A former governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho to transfer his trial in alleged money laundering to Lokoja. Bello, who completed his two year tenure of eight years last 27 January, said that he preferred to be arraigned in Lokoja, the state capital, being the …

The nation has been agog with news of the ongoing face-off between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the others over the commission’s attempt to arrest Bello in connection with alleged official corruption involving the sum of N80.2 billion which he allegedly misappropriated while in office for …

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up for arraignment at the …

The enchanter recited the incantation with utmost fury: “River Niger and River Benue, the confluence is in Kogi State. Except say River Niger and River Benue no come meet for Kogi; if River Niger and River Benue come meet for Kogi, dem no go fit arrest Bello… Dem dey use EFCC pursue am, dem no go succeed o. Dem go …

Charges that the judiciary is complicit in the executive rascality that has seized this country since the Fourth Republic began in 1999 never cease to rear its ugly head. The charges are not from aggrieved politicians alone but also from the top echelon of the Bar. Retired judges have also been known to express dissatisfaction at the performance of some …

The American International School of Abuja (AISA) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Bello allegedly paid $720,000 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the state government. …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has said that former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello transferred $720,000 from the government’s coffers to a bureau de change before leaving office to pay in advance for his child’s school fee. During an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Olukoyede said: “A sitting governor, …