April 2024

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to obey court order in respect alleged N80. 4 billion fraud case against former governor Yahaya Bello. The house equally called on the commission to with immediate effect remove the Tag ’WANTED’ placed around the name and…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, seeking an order of setting aside the April 17 arrest warrant issued against him. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

By Zainab Oyekan Mrs Fatima Suleiman, the Resource Person of Mercy Corps, an NGO, funded by USAID, has trained more than 500 women on conflict management and peace building in Barikin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. Suleiman disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos. She added…

By Taiye Agbaje Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to vacate the arrest warrant order issued to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against him on April 17. Bello, through his lawyer Adeola Adedipe, SAN, made the application following an order by Justice Emeka Nwite,…

By Admin Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the fresh charges on an alleged N80 billion fraud filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, be served through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed. The Judge issued the order on Tuesday…

By Thompson Yamput Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi on Monday flagged off another round of distribution of food palliatives to the residents of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution exercise is in continuation of Ododo administration’s commitment to cushion the impact of economic downturn on the people. Inaugurating the…

By Wandoo Sombo The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday did not sit to hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the order of a Kogi High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor, Yahaya Bello. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…

By Thompson Yamput At least 14 persons died in a head-on collision involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi. Thirteen persons survived in the accident which occurred at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eyewitness told NAN that the accident involved a…

By Thompson Yamput The Ebiraland Youths Coalition on Sunday,  urged  the Federal Government to ensure that nothing happened to the immediate past governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The Coalition Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja. Bello is being accused of alleged N80 billion money laundering and had  been…