Yahaya Bello

EFCC confirms refund of $760,000 paid by ex-Gov. Bello for children’s school fees

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by former Kogi...

Ex-Gov. Bello’s impudence: Redeploy Kogi CP, State Forum of Concerned Citizens urges IGP

Following the outrage over the resistance to arrest by ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello and the gutsy move of Mr. Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi...

Bello withdrew $720,000 from state account for his children’s school fees – EFCC Chair Olukoyede

Ex-governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from the state account to pay for his children’s school fees, the anti-graft agency...

EFCC to ex-Gov. Bello: We will set aside arrest warrant if you show up in court

“I will personally apply that the arrest warrant be set aside if he comes to court on the next adjourned date” EFCC lawyer...

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...