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, …

The glittering absurdities surrounding the recent attempt by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB), with his “dramatic escape” culminating in his being declared a fugitive shed interesting insights into the psychology of fear and transiency of power. It is the mystery of fear of the ability of …

Against the backdrop of arguments and counter-arguments on whether the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  has disobeyed a court order concerning the botched arrest of former Kogi State Governor,  Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, the commission has denied disobeying any court order in that regard. In a press statement by the commission’s Acting Director of Public Affairs,  Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on 9 February 2024, restrained the EFCC from “inviting, …

Social media influencer, Reno Omokri has praised the embattled former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for handing over to incumbent Governor Usman Ododo. In his interview on the ‘Mic On Podcast’ programme hosted by Channels Television’s journalist, Seun Okinbaloye, late Saturday. the former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan noted the significance of a governor “anointing” a loyal successor. Omokri …