September 2024

By Thompson Yamput The Media Office of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Kogi State’s immediate past governor, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is driven by desperation and ulterior motives in its prosecution of Bello. In a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday, Director Ohiare Michael said: “The EFCC’s operational and procedural blunders…

By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja The disability Community in kogi State has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop the further harassment of the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. This follows the recent siege on Kogi State Governor’s lodge in Abuja by the operatives of the anti-graft agency in…

By Dorathy Aninge The newly inaugurated Benue Public Service Institute is building the capacities of 245 Benue government house staff on efficiency to implement Governor Hyacinth Alia’s vision. Prof. Terkura Tarnande, the Director-General of the institute, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi that the training was for all cadres of…

By Emmanuel Antswen A socio-cultural organisation, Gyaluwa Advancement Forum, has urged President Bola Tinubu to reject open grazing and adopt ranching as the best form of animal husbandry. The forum said this in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Prof. Philip Bagu, and Secretary General, Mr Fabian Mbapuu, and made available to the News…

By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, adjourned the arraignment of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi until Oct. 30. The adjournment by Justice Emeka Nwite came as ex-Gov. Bello moved to the Supreme Court to file an appeal seeking to set aside the arrest warrant issued by the trial court…

By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of Ali Bello and his co-defendants until Sept. 26. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3), Jamilu Abdullahi, continued with his evidence-in-chief. It will be recalled that the EFCC, in the…

By Nicholas Dechi The Federal Government has declared Ado and Ohimini Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue Open Defecation-Free (ODF). The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Terlumun Utsev, made the declaration on Tuesday in Oturkpo. Utsev, who was represented by the Director, Quality Control and Sanitation, Mrs Elizabeth Ugoh, stated that about 48…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi House of Assembly on Monday reacted to the allegation of fraud against former Gov. Yahaya Bello, and declared that no money belonging the state was missing to that effect. “There is no money missing in Kogi coffers to warrant such accusation and prosecution,” the lawmakers said during plenary on Monday….

By Opeyemi Gbemiro A Group has questioned reason why former Governor Yahaya Bello’s corruption allegation case is handled differently from other past politicians alleged of corruption, calls on government’s intervention Mr David Ehimoni, the Spokesperson for the Group, Amalgamated Unions of Concerned Kogi Citizens said this during a media conference on Mon. in Lokoja. Ehimoni…

By Thompson Yamput The Coalition of 17 Northern Youths groups in an Emergency meeting in Suleja Niger State, has reacted strongly to the ongoing saga between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Comrade Abubakar Suleiman, the spokesperson of the coalition disclosed at the Press Conference in…