Senator Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district in the 9th National Assembly (Senate), has debunked allegations that he wants to leave the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). The Kogi West senator, made this known via his twitter account, adding that it’s only a fool and people […]
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Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, on Friday turned down his appointment as director-general of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Kogi state. Musa Wada, a younger brother of the immediate past governor of the state, clinched the PDP ticket, and will face Yahaya Bello, incumbent governor, who is candidate of the All […]
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According to TheCable Newspaper, the police have slammed a nine-count charge on Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. The charges border on lying and resisting arrest. They were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail conditions a high court in Abuja granted him on Friday. In the charge sheet, one Silas Omenka was named as […]
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Senator Dino Melaye and former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, have been appointed directorate heads in the Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party made the disclosure on Friday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. In the statement, the council […]
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The police have summoned the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Ben Bruce to appear for investigation for “disturbing public peace and violently hitting policemen to forcefully enter the Force Headquarters, Abuja.” The invitation came a few hours after Saraki led notable national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in a protest […]
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The battle for Kogi West Senatorial district in 2019 will be between Smart Adeyemi, a former senator and Dino Melaye, incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency. While Adeyemi is vying for the position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Melaye is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In 2015, the reverse was the […]
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Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, who was last week, assumed to have been abducted after his associates claimed he ran into unknown assailants as he travelled towards Kogi State, has narrated his ordeal. The senator said he was on his way to court for a third appearance in his ongoing trial for […]
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Senator Dino Melaye was not abducted, but ran into the bush after he was attacked on his way to Kogi state, Gideon Ayodele, the media aide to the lawmaker has said. Ayodele stated this while speaking with OakTV about reports that the Kogi West Senator was abducted by some unknown gunmen on his way to […]
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Senator representing Kogi-west, Dino Melaye, did not appear at a magistrate court in Lokoja, Kogi state, where he is facing a gun-running trial. Earlier on Thursday, Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, tweeted that Melaye had been kidnapped. According to Bruce, his colleague was abducted on his way to court for the trial. Musa Shuaibu, […]
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The Nigerian Police Force on Wednesday arraigned Senator Dino Melaye before an Abuja High Court sitting in Apo, on six counts bordering on attempted suicide, attempt to escape from custody and damage of police property. The prosecution counsel, Alex Izinyonu, said Melaye escaped from police custody on April 24, 2018, after he broke the glass […]
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