Accused, Kabiru Seidu, 31, aka “Osama” and Nuhu Salihu, 25, aka “Small” who appeared before Kogi Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lokoja on Monday, have declared that the allegations against them and Senator Dino Melaye were false. The accused persons, including Melaye,…
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West has asked President Muhammad Buhari to as a matter of urgency, apologize to the National Assembly for allegedly making what he termed, disparaging statements against…
Trial of the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district , Dino Daniel Melaye in the alleged false information dissemination brought against him by the Federal Government suffered a major setback in Abuja yesterday. An Abuja high court trying the senator…
A Kogi State High Court in Lokoja on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of N10m to Senator Dino Melaye, who was arraigned on gun-running charges. Justice Nasir Ajana, in a ruling, said he was inclined to granting Melaye bail…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the arraignment of Senator Dino Melaye on a stretcher, saying it is unacceptable in a civilized society. In a statement, Mr. Falana said Melaye’s case provides an opportunity to reform the country’s criminal justice system.…
A day after arraigning Dino Melaye at Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abuja, the police have driven the senator to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, and arraigned him. Inside Sources learnt that the senator was arraigned at a…
The police on Wednesday arraigned Senator Dino Melaye before the Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja amid heavy presence of policemen. He was arraigned on charges bordering on his alleged escape from a police vehicle in Abuja on April…
It is quite hard to reconcile the plague currently engulfing Kogi’s political space and the memory that the province is also the cradle of the great Sunday Awoniyi. Or the colossal Silas Daniyan. Before he drew his last breath in…
The verification exercise as part of processes for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District began peacefully on Saturday, but with low turnout. The verification exercise was organized by INEC to authenticate signatures of voters seeking…
Nigerians and the rest of the world have been treated to a most bizarre and undesirable public drama involving the police and a serving federal legislator, Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West Senatorial District of Kogi State). The entire world saw…