Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has formally petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) following what he describes as defamatory and inciteful remarks made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently suspended from representing Kogi…
Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements against him by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, (PDP-Kogi Central) In the petition, written and signed by his solicitor, Mr N.A. Abubakar to…
By Matthew Denis The trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello alongside his associates Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, took a significant turn on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, as the first prosecution witness (PW1), Fabian Nwaora, testified…
Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service,…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, in the sum of N500 million, with three sureties each to provide a similar sum. The ruling, delivered by Justice Maryann…
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…
By Matthew Denis Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 has refused to grant bail to former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello remanding him at the Kuje…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending hearing of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned hearing in the N110 billion money laundering…
By Olawale Afolabi The federal capital territory (FCT) high court has declined the bail application filed by Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi. Maryann Anenih, the trial judge, ruled that Bello’s bail application was filed prematurely before the ex-governor was…
Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, disallowed the arraignment of former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, without his counsel. Bello’s counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, was reportedly not in court because he was not…
