Following the drama that happened at the residence of the immediate governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has cautioned politicians and all public office holders to desist from impeding the officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from performing functions,…
Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) warrant to arrest the immediate governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The warrant was issued following an ex parte motion filed by the EFCC. Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling on the motion, also directed that the former governor be…
Yahaya Bello-led Kogi State Government has announced the stoppage of the salaries of no fewer than 231 individuals working in the State Civil Service. This is coming barely a week to end his 2-term tenure in office as the Kogi state governor. According to a report, the State Head of Service Mrs. Hannah Odiyo, disclosed…
Yahaya Bello, the Kogi state Governor on Sunday, escaped an assassination attempt while on his to an official event in Abuja. According to Commissioner for Information and Communications Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the attackers clad in military uniforms ambushed the governor’s envoy and started shooting at his vehicle. The statement read, “The Kogi State Government wishes…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke has called on the Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello to zone the party’s state governorship ticket to Kogi West. The Informant247 recalls that governorship election in the state would take place, November 11, 2023. The governorship primary election is to take…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has falsified the rumour that the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has withdrawn his support for the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu. The Informant247 observes that the Governor is a member of the party’s presidential campaign committee, PCC. The Informant247 recalls that the political actor participated in…
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has revealed that the country’s youths will run the government of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, if elected president next month. The Informant247 observes that Bello, doubles as the National Youth Co-ordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)….
The Kogi State Government has issued a query to the paramount traditional monarch and Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim over his refusal to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. The Informant247 recalls that President Buhari paid a visit to the state, December 29, 2022 to Commission some projects put in place by the…
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested the mastermind of the car bomb which exploded in Kogi State last week. The Informant247 recalls that there’s chaos in the state on December 29, 2022, as an explosion rocked a location very close to the palace of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. The Informant247 also recalls that the…
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has paid a visit to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Woke at his residence in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state. The Kogi State Governor belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, while the hosting Governor belongs to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The reason…
Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has stated that Nigeria would have been partly sold to China if not for the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. Bello, made the comment during an interview session on Arise TV. When asked what APC intended to do about the state of the economy…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has cautioned Nigerian students affected by the Academic Staff Union of Universities’s ongoing strike to learn from #EndSARS protests, telling them desist from their planned national protests. Recall that the Nigerian students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday, protested against the prolonged…
The Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello has been appointed as the National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. The appointment which was signed by the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Party (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and dated August 8, 2022, accentuate that Bello, who was an aspirant in the party’s presidential held…
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Friday confessed to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that he gained a lot from the little lecture he (Tinubu) dished out to him. Bello made this revelation when the former governor of Lagos state paid him a visit in…
Many people have lost their lives and several houses set on fire during a renewed Bassa-Igburra crisis in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State. Before now, there have been an age long fracas between the two ethnic groups over land ownership and fish ponds. Meanwhile, the intervention of the state governor, Yahaya Bello has…
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has told Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to step down for him. Amaechi, made this appeal on Friday while soliciting the supports of the Kogi delegates’ ahead of the party’s presidential primary election. He told…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Saturday officially announced his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election and promised to end poverty by raising 20 million millionaires by 2030. Gov. Bello declared to run for President under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said that economy, security, peace and unity would be…
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Saturday, promised to make 20 million Nigerians millionaires, if elected President in 2023. While declaring his intention to run for the Presidency in 2023 at the Eagles Square in Abuja, he promised to build on the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari by creating 20 millionaires in the…
The Kogi State Government has, on Tuesday ordered the reopening of schools at all levels, including primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, made this disclosure during a press conference on Tuesday in Lokoja. According to him, all the primary, secondary and tertiary…
The Kogi State Government, on Tuesday, announced that schools in the state will reopen on September 14. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, in a press conference said the resumption includes primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the state. According to Jones, the State Government arrived at the decision after…
