The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District. The commission released the timetable in a statement Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, Secretary of the Commission, on Monday in Abuja. Ogakwu said that on July 10, INEC would issue verification […]
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The Senator representing Kogi West in the national assembly, Dino Melaye, has alleged names and signatures of dead constituents are on the list of the signatures collected to influence his recall. Addressing reporters in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday, Melaye said the signature of a dead biology teacher was found on the list. Melaye, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written a letter to Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to inform him that it has received a petition for his recall. This comes two days after Melaye’s constituents submitted a petition and collected signatures to the commission. In a statement on Thursday, Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s national commissioner […]
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The process for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye is gathering momentum as his constituents, Kogi West Senatorial District, submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding his removal from the Senate. Melaye is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), represents the district at the upper chamber of the National […]
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A total of 188, 588 voters, representing 52.3 percent of the total number of registered voters in Kogi west senatorial district have reportedly approved the recall of Dino Melaye from the senate. Pius Kolawole, a special adviser to Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, announced this on Monday in Lokoja while addressing party members from the district. He […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is not aware of any moves to recall Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Explaining the processes involved in […]
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Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has attacked a senator from the state, Dino Melaye, saying the lawmaker was not properly nurtured into adulthood by his parent. The comment came Wednesday as a political feud between the two former allies deteriorates, following an outbreak of violence at a political rally in Kogi, for which the two […]
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As the recall move against Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) gathers momentum, he has said that the move by the electorate in his constituency will fail. Melaye, who addressed his supporters in Kabba, Kogi state, on Sunday said his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly […]
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Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tokunbo Idowu, known as TBoss, has spoken about her relationship with Senator Dino Melayi, a Senator representing Kogi West. Two weeks ago, photo of the reality TV star and Dino Melaye created a buzz after it surfaced online, The photo was posted by Melaye himself. “With TBoss,” the senator wrote as […]
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Mr Wilson Inalegwu, the Commissioner of Police in Kogi, on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Alhaji Taofiq Isah, Administrator of Ijumu Local Government, over alleged assassination attempt on Sen. Dino Melaye. The senator’s country residence in Kogi was reportedly attacked in the early hours of Saturday, April 15. Briefing newsmen in Lokoja, Inalegwu said that […]
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