The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned to rule on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to represent an exhibit to its witness, Abdullahi Jamilu, in the ongoing trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the case untilContinue Reading
Yazid Bawa, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s investigator, on Tuesday, said that his team did not enforce Ali Bello, a nephew of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, to write in his extra-judicial statement that the property he purchased was on behalf of the ex-governor. Bawa, whoContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted an application by former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi to travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj to observe the last 10 days of Ramadan in holy land. Justice Emeka Nwite granted application after the ex-governor’s lawyer, JosephContinue Reading
An EFCC witness, Mshelia Arhyel Bata, in the alleged money laundering trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on Monday, re-affirmed that fund withdrawals by the state government did not breach any banking law. Bata stated this while being cross-examined by the ex-governor’s counsel, Joseph Daudu, SAN,Continue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, fixed June 26 for ruling on an application by the EFCC to “cross examine” its 3rd prosecution witness (PW-3) in the trial of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after listening to the submissions byContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has presented its first round of witnesses in the trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Also presented in the Court on Monday, was the statement ofContinue Reading
Former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has threatened to sue persons behind an online media, Daily Excessive, over alleged fake report targeted at causing a strained relationship between him and President Bola Tinubu. The decision to sue the purveyors of the news was made known in aContinue Reading
Courtesy: Channels By Emmanuella Ekele A former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello in court on December 12, 2024. The Federal Capital Territory High Court has remanded a former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello in custody at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending his bail application. It also adjournedContinue Reading
Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello’sContinue Reading
