Tag: Yahaya Bello

  • Yahaya Bello, Others Face N84billion Money Laundering Charges

    Yahaya Bello, Others Face N84billion Money Laundering Charges

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, dragged former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for alleged N84billion money laundering. The former governor was dragged to court, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu. The EFCC said it is…

  • JUST IN: DHQ reveals those behind attack on Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello

    JUST IN: DHQ reveals those behind attack on Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello

    The Defence Headquarters has denied that its personnel attacked the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Sunday. Bello had claimed there was an assassination attempt on his life a few kilometers away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja, the state capital. A statement by the state Commissioner for information, Kingsley…

  • I inherited N50bn salary burden — Yahaya Bello

    I inherited N50bn salary burden — Yahaya Bello

    Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said that he was confronted with over N50 billion salary obligations left by the previous administrations. Bello said the huge debt obligations inherited had impeded his government’s development plans for the state. The governor, in a state-wide broadcast to mark the country 60th Independence Anniversary, on Thursday, added that…

  • Edo 2020: Buni, Yahaya Bello, Ize-Iyamu meet in Abuja

    Edo 2020: Buni, Yahaya Bello, Ize-Iyamu meet in Abuja

    APC Chairman Caretaker Committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and the APC Edo State Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the middle shortly after the meeting. The Chairman of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee ( CENCPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni,…

  • Gov Yahaya Bello Protests US Visa Ban On Election Riggers

    Gov Yahaya Bello Protests US Visa Ban On Election Riggers

    Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has written a protest letter to the US Ambassador to Nigeria over the visa ban its country placed on some individuals alleged to have compromised the 2019 governorship election in the state. The US, had in a statement on Monday, said it had placed visa restriction on some individuals for…

  • Three million man – march for Yahaya Bello

    Three million man – march for Yahaya Bello

    A  political group under the aegis of Okara Political Group, yesterday held a two million man march in support of the re-election of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and his deputy, Edward Onoja, in Lokoja. The exercise, which covered about three kilometres, beginning from Lokongoma Phase 1 to the Government House, was attended by members…

  • Kogi: Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff ‘Onoja’ resigns

    Kogi: Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff ‘Onoja’ resigns

    Chief Edward Onoja, Chief of Staff to Gov. Yahaya Bello, has resigned his position less than one month to the Kogi governorship election. Onoja resigned to enable him emerge as running mate to the governor who is seeking reelection on the platform All Progressives Congress (APC). This was contained in a letter signed by the…

  • Kogi poll: PDP accuses Gov Bello of purchasing PVCs

    Kogi poll: PDP accuses Gov Bello of purchasing PVCs

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of purchasing Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from registered voters in Kogi State for N5000 each ahead of the November 16 governorship election. The Musa Wada Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation raised the alarm in a statement issued on Saturday by its spokesman, Faruk Adejoh-Audu. According to the…

  • Bello has rubbished my legacy, says Ex Gov Wada

    Bello has rubbished my legacy, says Ex Gov Wada

    Former governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada on Monday expressed sadness over the state of affairs in the state, saying the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello has rubbished the legacy he left in the state when he was ousted in 2016. Wada, who picked the Kogi governorship nomination forms at the Abuja secretariat of the…

  • Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello Declares for Second Term

    Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello Declares for Second Term

    The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Wednesday declared his intention to contest for second term in office. The governor made the disclosure to run for another term at the meeting of the state executive council. According to him, another term in office would enable him consolidate on the good works he has started,…