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 Kogi State Police Command has summoned Senator Dino Melaye to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards fired on a team of policemen on patrol duties in the state. A police sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said and is recuperating in the hospital. The Kogi […]
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Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has changed his stance on the award of GCFR to late Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election,. Melaye had faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to confer the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Abiola, saying a “dead man doesn’t deserve […]
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Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has said the body language of President Muhammadu Buhari is demeaning the national assembly. Melaye said this on Thursday while speaking on the floor of the senate. Last week, the president had criticised members of the national assembly when he received a delegation of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) […]
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A court sitting in Kogi state has granted bail in the sum of N10 million Senator Dino Melaye. Mr Melaye, who represents Kogi west at the senate, was given bail by Justice Nasiru Ajanah. The senator was arraigned for alleged gun-running. He faces separate charges in Abuja, bordering on giving false information, offences he denied […]
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A Chief magistrate’s court in Mpape, has remanded Mr. Samuel Melaye, the younger brother of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, in Kuje prison, Abuja, over alleged criminal conspiracy. The police charged Mr. Melaye and three others — Amaefula David, Pius Inyang and Mohammed Wazari — after they were named in the escape incident involving […]
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