Governor Yahaya Bello

Yahaya Bello says President Bola Tinubu's intelligence-led security strategy is producing measurable results, pointing to recent successful operations against kidnappers and other criminal elements. Former Kogi governor cites the foiled attempted abduction of schoolchildren in Kogi State as...

December 07, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to pay Murtala Ajaka, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the sum of N500 million. The court also restrained security agencies from...

November 23, (THEWILL) - The Kogi State Government has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect. The development was conveyed in a statement issued on Thursday, by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru...

October 22, (THEWILL) - Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has raised alarm over an assassination attempt on his life on Sunday evening. A statement signed by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, said the attackers,...

August 28, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party said the campaign decrees recently issued under the guise of guidelines for the use of campaign materials by the administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Yahaya Bello...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has fixed the off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States for Saturday, November 11, 2023 . The tenure of the incumbent Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzondimma, ends on January 14, 2024,...

June 05, (THEWILL) - The Kogi State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has unveiled Comrade Salifu Joel, as the deputy governorship candidate of the party for the November 11, 2023 election in the state. Salifu, the...

June 04, (THEWILL) - The convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, was on Saturday, blocked and attacked by supporters believed to be political thugs of Alh. Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, the gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic...

June 03, (THEWILL) - The Convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, was on Saturday, attacked by people believed to be supporters of Alh. Muritala Yakubu Ajaka. A statement issued by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the State Commissioner for...

May 23, (THEWILL) – Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has emerged as the new Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF). Yahaya, who was elected Governor of the state in 2019, won his re-election bid for a second term...