OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, stormed the residence of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja over alleged N84 billion fraud. The EFCC had, on March 14, 2024, dragged Bello through the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided over by …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello with an N80 billion fraud allegation. The anti-graft agency slammed the former Governor with the charges and dragged him to court just a few days after he handed over power on January 27, 2024, Trojan News reports. It is …
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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 the Federal High Court, Abuja, that huge funds were transferred in tranches from the accounts of …
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GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has appointed caretaker chairmen for all 21 local government councils in the state. The appointment of the caretaker chairmen follows the expiration of the tenure of the elected council chairmen in December 2023. The Kogi State House of Assembly on Monday approved the appointment …
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GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello has deposed three traditional rulers and appointed Ahmed Tijani Muhammed Anaje as the new Ohinoyi of Ebira land. Bello, who made an announcement on Monday valedictory State Executive Council in Lokoja, Kogi state, equally dissolved his cabinet. Among the three traditional rulers removed were the Ohimege Igu …
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THE Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has expressed deep shock over the sudden death of the Chairman of Lokoja Local Government, Mohammed Dan Asabe. Trojan News Media reported that Dan Asabe died in the early hours of Friday at a Lokoja hospital over a brief illness. Reacting to the demise, Bello, …
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The Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has signed into law establishing the Kogi State University Kabba with the promise to matriculate the first set of students before the expiration of his tenure. He made the disclosure while signing into law establishing the University at the Government House, Lokoja. …
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Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, has inaugurated a 17-man committee to kick off a proposed state University in Okun, Kogi West Senatorial District of the state. The proposed state university, which will be the third state-owned university, according to Bello, is a move informed by fairness, equity and egalitarianism to …
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THE Kogi Government on Saturday said the convoy of Gov. Yahaya Bello was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. it said the attack took place near a Naval Base, a few kilometres away from Lokoja, the state capital. The Kogi Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made …
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KOGI State Governor, His Excellency Yahaya Bello joins the queue, and casts his vote in the ongoing Governorship and State Assembly elections at his Agasa Polling Unit in Okene Local Government Area of the State this morning. Kogi State is one of the few States of the Federation where the …
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