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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has narrated how the former Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello allegedly moved $720,000 from the state government’ account to a BDC and used some of it to pay his child’s school fees in advance.    Addressing newsmen, the EFCC …

The embattled immediate past Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, says he would have appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer to the 19-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, but is afraid he would be arrested.   Though Bello was …

The aide-de-camp (ADC) to former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has been arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).    The Female police officer and others were arrested days after the former governor evaded arrest by EFCC operatives on Wednesday, April 17.   The officers were taken into …

The EFCC had declared Bello wanted on Thursday after failing to show up in court for his money laundering and other financial crimes case. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on its watchlist following his ongoing run-in with the Economic …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned that obstructing its officers from carrying out their lawful duties is a criminal offence.    This comes after Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, interfered when EFCC operatives laid siege on his predecessor Yahaya Bello’s home on Wednesday, April 17.    The …

The new deputy governor of Kogi state, Salifu Oyibo, caused a stir at the inauguration of the new governor of the state, Usman Ododo, today when he prostrated before the immediate past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello.    Oyibo did this shortly after he took his oath of office …

  Kogi State Government under the leadership of Yahaya Bello has ordered the immediate freezing of all state and local government accounts.   The directive, issued on Thursday, November 22, by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris, prohibits any further disbursements from these accounts until further notice. The statement …

Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti has alleged that Governor Yahaya Bello offered her N50m to step down for his anointed senatorial candidate and increased it to N70m after she refused.    Appearing in an interview on Arise TV after being affirmed as winner of Kogi West senatorial election by a …

The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has vehemently denied circulating reports suggesting that there have been assassination attempts on his life.    LIB had earlier reported that the state government had released a statement claiming the gopvernor was almost assassinated by armed men dressed in military uniforms in Lokoja. …

The Kogi State Government says there was an assassination attempt on the Governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja today October 22.   In a press statement issued on Sunday by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the Kogi …