The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh 16-count charges bordering on fraud against the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before an FCT High Court, Daily Trust reports. The charges, which were filed by the Federal Government through counsels for the EFCC, Kemi Pinheiro, Rotimi Oyedepo both Senior Advocate of Nigeria and 7 other lawyers, also …

The ex-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who handed over to the current governor of the state, Usman Ododo in January this year after his two terms of four-years-tenure, has consistently been in the news in the past eight months. It has been from one drama to the other bordering on his stewardship and how he handled the affairs of …

That the former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello (alias White Lion) is a crafty, devious and dodgy character is an under statement. Those who know him know that he is more ignominious than that when a proper character sketch of him is drawn. His character traits are easily discernible in an encounter with him. This is unmistakable. …

A non-governmental organization, Journalists Against Corruption (JAC) have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo to order, over what it termed “obstruction of the statutory functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the bid by the EFCC to arrest and prosecute the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr. …

For the second time in five months, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made failed attempts to arrest former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello at the state’s Governor’s Lodge on Wednesday night in Abuja. Intriguingly, video and photo evidence by the embattled former governor’s media team showed that Bello visited the EFCC headquarters in Abuja earlier on Wednesday …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied having former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in his custody. Media reports on Wednesday had stated Bello, who had failed to honour the commission’s invitations, had turned himself in to the anti-graft agency. But EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale issued a statement on the commission’s verified X account …

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 …