THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, deployed bomb detectors in the Federal High Court in Abuja ahead of resumption of trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello for alleged money laundering. The bomb detectors who were accompanied by other fully armed operatives of the commission …
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Yahaya Bello Released From Kuje Prison After Meeting Bail Conditions
FORMER Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello was, on Friday evening, released from the Kuje Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. Spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, confirmed the development. According to Duza, “Yahaya Bello …
Read More »BREAKING: Court Admits ex-Gov Yahaya Bello to N500m bail
THE Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Thursday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. Justice Maryann Anenih had, on December 10, refused the ex-governor’s bail application, stating it was filed prematurely. While delivering …
Read More »Court grants ex-Kogi Gov Yahaya Bello N500m bail
…Adjourns to Feb 24 for continuation of hearing THE Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. This was after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the …
Read More »Court Strikes Out Yahaya Bello’s Bail Application
THE Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, denied a bail application submitted by Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State. Newsextra24 reports that the court, under the oversight of Justice Maryann Anenih, ruled that the application was premature. Justice Anenih noted that the application was filed at a time …
Read More »Yahaya Bello To Remain In EFCC Custody After Arraignment
FORMER Governor Yahaya Bello will remain in custody for two weeks to await the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja on his bail application. Yahaya Bello The trial judge, Maryanne Anenih, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of the former governor in custody of the Economic …
Read More »At last, Yahaya Bello Arrested For alleged N110bn fraud
THE immediate former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for the hearing in the suit alleging N110 billion fraud against him. Yahaya Bello was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in April 2024. He reported at the …
Read More »N80.2bn fraud: EFCC Confirms Arrest Of ex-Kogi gov, Yahaya Bello
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally detained ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Bello was detained after he presented himself at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on Tuesday. The former governor’s detention was disclosed by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Addressing journalists, Oyewale …
Read More »EFCC admits Yahaya Bello’s co-defendants to bail
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admitted the co-defendants in alleged money laundering charge filed against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to administrative bail. EFCC’s counsel, Jamiu Agoro, informed Justice Maryann Anenih of an Abuja High Court on Thursday upon resumed hearing in the charge. …
Read More »Why Yahaya Bello Is Still Hiding – Onanuga
THE Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has explained why security agencies have not been able to arrest the embattled past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Onanuga, while giving the explanation on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic …
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