Yahaya Bello

Latest on Yahaya Bello: Police I-G Egbetokun withdraws policemen attached to ex-governor

Following former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello’s refusal to surrender to security agencies and the anti-graft agency, the Inspector General of Police, Dr. Olukayode...

Update: Nigeria Immigration Service has put former Gov. Yahaya Bello on the watchlist

More woes for the former Kogi State Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, as the Nigerian Immigration Service put him on its watchlist on Thursday....

Alleged N80bln fraud: EFCC declares ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello wanted over allegations of fraud to the tune of...

Yahaya Bello: AGF faults Gov. Ododo for obstructing EFCC

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has described the move by Mr. Usman Ododo,...

Yahaya Bello absent in court as EFCC considers military option to smoke him out

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutor, Mr. Kemi Pinheiro, said on Thursday that the government might engage the military to fish...

Alleged N80bln money laundering: EFCC arraigns ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello April 18

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before a Federal...

Security operatives fire gunshots as Gov. Ododo ‘smuggles’ Yahaya Bello out of his Abuja residence

As security operatives laid siege to the Abuja residence of ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, his successor, Gov. Ahmed Ododo stormed the...

Update: EFCC’s siege on Yahaya Bello’s house: Ex-Kogi Gov. appeals to Tinubu for intervention

Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Economic Financial Crimes Commission to order...

Gov. Ododo takes oath of office as new chapter opens for Kogi State

Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn in as the fifth democratically-elected governor of Kogi State on Saturday....

Kogi Gov. obtains JAMB forms for 15,033 public school students

No fewer than 15,033 students from public schools in Kogi State are set to benefit from the government’s free education policy, as the...

Kogi Gov. Bello Approves 100% Hazard Allowance for Doctors, Other Health Workers

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has taken a significant step to address the issue of the “japa syndrome” in the health sector...

Six people arrested over NASS members’ harassment at Kogi Governor’s office

Six people have been apprehended in connection with the harassment of National Assembly members during their visit to Gov. Yahaya Bello at the...

Rejection of old Naira notes: Kogi gov. threatens to seal erring banks, prosecute people rejecting it 

Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello has sounded a note of warning to banks which reject old notes in the state that they will be...

APC primary convention: Gov. Bello accuses northern governors of gang up

Kogi Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Yahaya Bello, has accused the Northern APC Governors Forum of “gang...

APC presidential convention: Buhari, Bello in closed-door meeting in Aso Rock

Apparently in a bid to pressure him to step down, President Muhammadu Buhari has held a meeting with Kogi Governor and presidential aspirant...