Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday made a dramatic appearance at the Senate, declaring his intention to cross-carpet to the Senate wing of the chamber. Melaye had been away from the Senate, since over a month, when the Nigerian Police arrested…
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WHY I WON’T RESUME IN SENATE NOW – MELAYE
The embattled chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi), yesterday, explained why he will not resume at the Senate today. The Kogi lawmaker said he was not strong enough to resume work at the senate.…
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: COURT STRIKES OUT CASE ON MELAYE
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has struck out the assassination case involving the Administrator of Ijumu local government area Alhaji Taofiq Isa and four others for want of diligent prosecution. The police had charged Taofiq Isa and…
IG TO FINALLY APPEAR BEFORE SENATE WEDNESDAY
After ignoring the summons of the National Assembly, the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, is expected to appear before the Senate Wednesday to brief the lawmakers on efforts being made by the police to quell the rising…
MELAYE: SARAKI, DOGARA REPORT IG TO BUHARI
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after Buhari returned…
MELAYE, SENATE AND POLICE BROUHAHA
The Nigeria Police Force deserved some condemnations over the drama with Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West senatorial district on the platform of All Progressives Congress in the Senate. The police strangely arraigned the lawmaker in the magistrate court right…
KOGI CHIEF JUDGE ORDERS POLICE: MOVE MELAYE TO NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA
The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, yesterday ordered that Senator Dino Melaye be taken to the National Hospital, Abuja where he should remain under the custody and supervision of the police. It also emerged yesterday that N100…
MELAYE BAGS 38 DAYS IN POLICE CUSTODY
A senior magistrate’s court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, yesterday, ordered that Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West senatorial district be remanded alongside two others in the police custody till June 11. Melaye who was brought to court in hospital ambulance…
MELAYE :POLICE, LAWYERS CLASH IN COURT
A mild drama ensued in the premises of an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mpape, yesterday, as members of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, who were in court for the case involving Senator Dino Melaye’s brother, Samuel, and three others…
MELAYE: KOGI GOVT DENIES SPEAR-HEADING RECALL
Following the botched recall of the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, many political appointees of Governor Yahaya Bello from the district have allegedly gone underground and deserted their offices. The governor was said to be seriously angry…