Appeal Court hears EFCC appeal against Yahaya Bello’s arrest today
The Court of Appeal in Abuja is set to hear today (Monday) the appeal filed 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…
[OPINION] EFCC Vs Yahyah Bello: A Well-Deserved Embarrassment
By Busy Brain For the past two weeks, the action of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been making news and forming opinions in the media. From the Bobrisky money laundering saga to the Cubana Chief Priest case,…
Police detain Yahaya Bello’s ADC, security details
The Nigeria Police Force has detained the female police officer who served as the aide-de-camp to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The ADC was arrested along with other police officers attached to the 48-year-old former governor, and they are…
Yahaya Bello asks court to set aside arrest warrant against him
Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has filed a petition at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to invalidate an arrest warrant issued against him. Represented by his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, Bello argued before Justice Emeka Nwite…
EFCC siege: Abuja, Kogi courts issue counter orders over Yahaya Bello
A federal high court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi state. Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, granted the arrest warrant to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday….
Court admits exhibits against Yahaya Bello’s nephew over alleged N10bn stolen from Kogi account
A prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, nephew of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others, who are standing trial in a N10 billion money laundering case, on Thursday, January 11, 2023, told Justice James Omotsho of…
BREAKING: Yahaya Bello deposes several Kogi monarchs, banishes them
The Kogi State Government under Governor Yahaya Bello has deposed a first class traditional ruler, the Ohimege Igu, Konto-Nkarfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa Koto. The deposed monarch was also banished to Rijau Local Government area of Niger State. The state governor,…