Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has returned home after fulfilling his bail conditions and being released from the Kuje Minimum Custodial Centre in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports ex-Governor Bello was received and welcomed by the incumbent Governor of Kogi State Ahmed Usman Ododo and his jubilant supporters. Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello … Read more
Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after meeting the bail conditions in the case against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Henzodaily gathered that Bello was released on Friday evening after meeting the ₦500m, and other bail conditions slammed against him by the Federal … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have invited the suspended chairmen of the 18 local governments in Edo to its office for interrogation. The invitation was contained in a letter by EFFC Director of Investigation, Abdulkarim Chukkol and addressed to the Secretary to the State Government. Chukkol, in the letter dated Dec. 17, … Read more
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court is set to hear a fresh bail application filed by Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, on Thursday. Bello is facing trial alongside his co-defendants, Umar Shoaib Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, over allegations of money laundering amounting to ₦110 billion. The trio was arraigned on November 27 … Read more
Justice I. O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Oluremi Phillips to 17 years imprisonment for N57,690,000 (Fifty Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Ninety Naira) fraud. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Lagos businesswoman was convicted and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment on Thursday, December … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced it recently carried out its largest single-day arrest involving 792 alleged internet fraudsters in Lagos State. Uwujaren Wilson, the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, disclosed that the arrests occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, inside a seven-story building in Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Wilson, while … Read more
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned the former Managing Director of the now-defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche. Henzodaily reports that Atuche is facing nine charges related to conspiracy to commit felony and forgery. Atuche was re-arraigned on Monday alongside Nnosiri Joachim, also known as Ifeanyi, and … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected online fraudster known as Osang Otukpa for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of eight million Australian dollars. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Otukpa was arrested by EFCC operatives in a stakeout at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, after arriving from the … Read more
Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has apologized to Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for failing to appear in court for his trial, and admitted to a N500 million bail with two sureties in the like sum. Bello, through his counsel, J.B. Daudu SAN, expressed regret for any perceived … Read more
The former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday begged Justice Emeka Nwite over his initial failure to make himself available for trial. According to Bello, he was only exploring legal avenues to challenge the jurisdiction of the court to try him on the allegations the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) levelled against … Read more