Yahaya Bello

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is answering to a 19-count money laundering charge, on Tuesday, challenged the admissibility of fresh evidence the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sought to…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted an application by former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for lesser hajj to observe the last 10 days of Ramadan in the Holy land. Justice Emeka Nwite granted…
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Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has struck out the defamation case against the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Udughan, filed by the Federal Government. Justice Orji struck out…
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By Ozumi Abdul  She stood where the city barely noticed her. The morning traffic along the Abuja street hummed with impatience—horns blaring, engines revving, convoys gliding past in practised indifference. On her head rested a shallow…
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Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello have no good reputation to protect, arguing that…
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Former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward David Onoja, has revealed that his former principal, Yahaya Bello, assured him for four years that he would succeed him as governor, only to change his decision a day before the All Progressives…
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The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, on Wednesday restored an interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), empowering it to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to former Kogi State…
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The Kogi Central Journalists’ Guild has called on Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to rename the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, in honour of the former governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello. In a…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined a request by the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking for the release of his international passport to travel abroad for medical. Justice Emeka Nwite, while…
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An FCT High Court says the international passport of the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello not named in fee transactions for his children- Witness tells court Yahaya Bello, was not in its custody but in the custody of the…
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