The Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, says President Muhammadu Buhari directed him to initiate the recall of Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central district, over acts of contempt and disloyalty. The governor disclosed this in a letter dated October 2 to the the president. In the letter, he listed the ‘compendium’ of sins committed […]
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Germany’s luxury automaker BMW is going to recall 23,700 diesel cars in Europe over an engine fire danger, following a similar action in South Korea, a German media newspaper reported Tuesday. The recall is to fix a faulty component that was aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in […]
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Sen. Dino Melaye has thanked the people of his constituency for “rising to his defence” by shunning the verification exercise held on April 28 to recall him from the Senate. Melaye, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday, also thanked the political leaders, elders and traditional rulers in Kogi West for “rescuing him from […]
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The attempt to recall the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has failed after the verified signatories to the petition for his recall fell short of requirements. For the verification exercise to succeed, 50 percent plus one of the signatories to the petition had to be verified. However, based on the results announced […]
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Reports have shown that many constituents from Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye’s senatorial district shunned the INEC verification exercise on the lawmaker’s recall held on Saturday. The exercise was planned to take place in 560 polling units that make up the senatorial district. Online news platform, TheCable said some constituents told it the exercise slated […]
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If you think the trouble around Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, is abating any time soon, you just might need to rethink it, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence his recall process on Saturday. This follows a recent ruling by the appeal court which gave INEC the go-ahead to carry […]
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Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking an order restraining the INEC from proceeding with his recall from the Senate. Mr Melaye’s appeal is sequel to a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on March 16, which gave INEC the go ahead to continue […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timetable for the recall of Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district in the upper legislative chamber. Augusta Ogakwu, secretary of the commission, disclosed this on Friday. According to the timetable, the recall process will begin on March 27, with the posting of the notice of verification […]
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German car-maker BMW has resolved to recall 11,700 cars to fix their engine management software after it discovered that the wrong programming had been installed on its luxury 5- and 7-Series models. “In the course of internal tests, the BMW Group has discovered that a correctly developed software update was mistakenly assigned to certain unsuitable […]
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The African National Congress (ANC) has decided to sack Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa, NAN quotes a senior official as saying. The decision was said to have been reached by the ruling party’s national executive after a marathon meeting held to determine Zuma’s fate. The ANC reportedly held 13 hours of tense deliberations […]
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