EXCLUSIVE: EFCC Engage Military To Move Yahaya Bello Out Of Gov’t House The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has threatened to use the military to move the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, out of hiding place. The commission and the former governor have been playing hide and seek game in the last few weeks. The commission invaded the Abuja residence of Bello on Wednesday to arrest him but couldn’t do owing to some external forces. According to reports, the former governor may have been hiding in the Kogi State Government House under the immunity of Governor Ahmed…
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VIDEO: Dino Melaye, Ortom In Serious Fight Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, was involved in a hot exchange with ex-governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. Melaye accused Ortom of anti-party activities during the 2023 presidential election. Speaking at a North Central zonal leadership meeting of PDP in Abuja on Wednesday, Melaye said Ortom’s anti-party activities led to PDP losing both the presidential and governorship elections in Benue. He expressed surprise that the former governor could attend a PDP meeting despite his previous disloyalty to the party. This led to a hot exchange…
El-Rufai’s Son Attacks Kaduna Assembly Speaker Over Probe Of His Father’s Administration The Kaduna State House of Assembly has said that the member of the House representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, son of the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, threatened the Speaker of the Assembly. The House of Assembly also accused him of condemning the House for establishing a committee to probe his father’s administration from 2015 to 2023. This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the State House of Assembly and signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media…
BREAKING: Yahaya Bello In Tears , On The Run As EFCC Files 19 Criminal Counts Against Him Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed 19 criminal counts against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering. The charge filed at the Federal High Court 9 in Abuja, with charge FHC/ABJ/CR/98/2024, and dated March 9, 2024, listed Yahaya Adoza Bello as the sole Defendant while the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the complainant. The EFCC in the charge accused the ex-governor of conversion of a total of…
Ganduje’s Suspension: Panic Over Ondo APC Primary Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, including some aspirants for the party’s governorship ticket, have expressed worry over the controversies surrounding the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, fearing that these could negatively affect the party’s Saturday primary election in the state.‘My elevation to Sardauna Dutse is a greater call to service’ This is coming after a Kano State High Court affirmed the suspension of Ganduje as a member of the party. The court, while granting an ex parte order, also restrained Ganduje from presiding over all affairs…
A’Ibom Govt. Upgrades AKIRS’ Capacity To Boost Revenue Generation The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has provided six additional operational vehicles to Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service, (AKIRS) to boost the operational effectiveness of its Service. Executive Chairman, AKIRS, Sir Okon Okon, flanked by Board Members and Management of the Agency, unveiled the new vehicles after its 14th Board Meeting held at the Revenue House, Udo Udoma, Avenue, Uyo, on Wednesday 17th April, 2024. Sir Okon said the State Government led by His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno will continue to improve on work tools and other resources…
BREAKING: APC Urges Ganduje To Step Aside Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC Urges Ganduje To Step Aside The faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State led by Emeka Beke has called on the national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje to step aside. Speaking during a media briefing in Port Harcourt, the embattled Publicity Secretary of the APC in the state, Darlington Nwauju, emphasized that Ganduje should either return to his ward to address his suspension or seek legal recourse if he intends to uphold his position. Nwauju stressed that according to the party’s constitution, only ward executives…
PHOTOS: Atiku, Wike, Others Attend PDP National Caucus Meeting Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, and Mr Nyesome Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday. This will be the first time the former Rivers state governor has attended a PDP conference since the presidential election last year. Mr Wike has been at odds with the PDP leadership and did not endorse the party’s selection of Abubakar as its presidential candidate in…
PDP NEC Meeting: FCT Minister, Wike Wins Championship Position FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has continued to maintain an upper hand in the leadership crisis plaguing the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a meeting of the national caucus of the party, last night, did his bidding by asking the acting National Chairman, Illya Umar Damagum, to continue in office. By this fresh bill of health, Damagum is to continue acting in office till the next NEC meeting after today. To this end, today’s NEC meeting would have nothing to do with leadership change until the next national convention of the…
EXCLUSIVE: Kogi Gov Ododo To Be Arrested, Jailed Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned members of the public against preventing its officers from carrying out their lawful duties. The commission said that it is a criminal offence to obstruct or prevent personnel from conducting their lawful duties, citing section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act. According to the agency, culprits risk a jail term of not less than five years. Ibom Focus earlier reported on Wednesday that Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State smuggled his immediate predecessor and political godfather, Yahaya Bello out of his…