• Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500millon Bail

    Court Grants Yahaya Bello N500millon Bail0

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    • December 13, 2024

    The Federal High Court has granted N500 million bail to Alhaji Yahya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, with two sureties, and ordered him to deposit his international passport and provide photo guarantees, while setting a trial date for February 24, 28, and March 6 and 7, 2025. Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the bail

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  • Corruption: Will the States Succeed in Using Court to Scrap the EFCC?

    Corruption: Will the States Succeed in Using Court to Scrap the EFCC?0

    It emerged last week that the Supreme Court has fixed October 22 to hear a suit against the federal government on the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that could lead to its scrapping if the court finds the process of its creation inchoate. The suit was filed by almost half of

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  • Governorship: INEC Declares David Lyon, Yahaya Bello Winners in Bayelsa, Kogi States

    Governorship: INEC Declares David Lyon, Yahaya Bello Winners in Bayelsa, Kogi States0

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    • November 18, 2019

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Mr. David Lyon and Alhaji Yahaya Bello both of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winners of the governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi states respectively. The elections which were dotted with violence, ballot-box snatching and massive vote buying prompting different observer groups to condemn such undemocratic acts

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  • Ethnicity, the biggest problem in Kogi politics says NUJ Chair

    Ethnicity, the biggest problem in Kogi politics says NUJ Chair0

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    • November 5, 2019

    Adeiza Momoh-Jimoh is a journalist and the General Manager, Prime FM Radio, a subsidiary of Radio Nigeria. He is the current Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalist Kogi state. In this interview, he speaks on the upcoming elections in Kogi state highlighting factors shaping elections in the state and expresses optimism that the election would be peaceful.

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