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Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has openly confirmed that he operates a “working cabal” within his administration, describing it as a driving force behind effective policy implementation and project delivery across the state. The governor made the remarks during a recent project inauguration event, drawing widespread attention to his unconventional term for a trusted…
Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has filed an application seeking the permission of a federal high court in Abuja to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical reasons. Yahaya Bello is being tried for a 19-count charge of alleged money laundering / fraud amounting to N80.2 billion of Kogi State funds. At…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned further hearing on the 19-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to March 8. Trial Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned to rule on EFCC’s opposition to the admissibility of a judgement…
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A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, has appealed to Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to spare him the possession of a landed property in the Maitama district as one of the conditions for bail. Bello made the plea on Thursday, December 19, 2024, through…
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 three sureties in like sum. Justice Maryann Anenih had, on December 10, refused the ex-governor’s bail application, saying it was filed prematurely. While delivering the initial ruling, she said,…
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Kuje prison. Justice Maryann Anenih issued the remand order after she adjourned the defendant’s trial till February 25, 2025. The development came on a day the court dismissed an application the former…
A Bureau de Change operator who is the third prosecution witness in Ali Bello’s trial, Jamilu Abdullahi has testified on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja. In his testimonies, he declared that funds were delivered to him by agents of the Kogi State Government to…
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summon against immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The court ordered Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him. By the summons, Bello is to attend court on October 24 for his…
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Jamilu Abdullahi, an Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, gave a narrative of the financial transactions between him and the Kogi State government under former governor, Yahaya Bello before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja. The rundown includes how the former governor repeatedly paid school fees of…
The federal government has filed a new 16-count charge against the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in a case that has intensified scrutiny of his financial dealings. The charges, submitted to a federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday, center around an alleged criminal breach of trust amounting to ₦110,446,470,089. This is in…
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