Kogi State
A school in Kogi State, operating as an orphanage in a bushy location in Zariagi along Kabba Junction, was attacked by bandits on Sunday, April 26th, resulting in the kidnapping of 26 pupils and the proprietor’s wife. Reports on Monday from the State Government, through the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, […]
The homecoming of embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the people of Kogi Central, has been fulfilled in the state after a curfew was imposed by the chairman of Okehi LGA, warning police to adhere to the order. The senator was welcomed by a mammoth crowd as she landed with a helicopter in […]
The inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to serve the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, fresh charges of N110 billion leveled against him has prompted the Federal High Court in Abuja to issue a summon against Bello. Justice Maryanne Anenih ordered the EFCC to publicize Bello’s summon on national dailies […]
Fresh 16-count charges have been filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the former state governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to the tune of N110 billion. Recalled that the embattled ex-governor and his nephews Ali Bello, Dauda Sulimam, and Abdusalam Hudu had earlier been slammed with N80.2 billion money laundering charges […]
Embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja handling his criminal case to transfer it to Kogi State. Yahaya made this known to the court through his legal counsel, Adeola Adedipe, that the offence was allegedly committed in Kogi, it is therefore proper for him […]
Late Thursday night bandits invaded a higher institution of learning in Kogi State kidnapping nine students. According to an eyewitness report, at about 9:00 pm on Thursday why students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara in Okene, were studying for their fort-coming exams when a group of bandits laid siege […]
In a notice filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 22, 2024, the commission is seeking a withdrawal from the appeal against the ex-governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello. The anti-graft agency noted that the withdrawal was based on the judgement delivered by the Kogi State High Court […]
The conflicting judgement of a High Court in Kogi and the Federal High Court in Abuja regarding the arrest of former governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on money laundering to the tune of N80.2 billion would commence today. An order was given by Justice Isa Abdullahi at Kogi High Court restraining the Economic […]
Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been placed on a watch list by the Nigerian Immigration Service in order not to travel out of the country. Security agencies have been alerted by Kemi Nandap the Comptroller-General of Immigration through the Assistant Comptroller, DS Umar, that the Department of State service should […]
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress said the defeat of Dino Melaye, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kogi State gubernatorial election, will serve as a lesson to Governor Ademola Adeleke in 2026. This was contained in a statement signed by the APC chairman of Osun state, Tajudeen […]
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