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Court orders INEC to go ahead with Melaye’s recall
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by Senator Dino Melaye challenging moves by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to effect his recall. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Monday held that all the complaints made by Melaye lack merit and deserve to be dismissed. On the complain of lack of fair hearing…
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Melaye runs to senate, begs for safety as recall date nears
Embattled Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, at the Senate plenary on Tuesday rallied his fellow lawmakers to save him from being recalled by his constituents. The appeal comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission unveiled a timetable and modalities for the exercise at his Kogi West Senatorial District. The senator restated his claim that his…
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Dino Melaye’s recall process starts July 10 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has released the time table for the verification of signatures of constituents in the Kogi West Senatorial District who had indicated their interest to recall their senator, Dino Melaye. In the time-table issued by the commission’s secretary, Augusta Ogakwu, the ‘Notice of Verification’ would be issued on July 10…
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Signatures collected to influence my recall forged – Melaye
Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the National Assembly says the signatures allegedly collected to influence his recall and forwarded to INEC were forged. Addressing newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja, Melaye who said investigations had revealed that even the dead signed the recall across the seven area councils of the senatorial district,…
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Melaye demands state of emergency in Kogi
The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Tuesday, told the Senate that a state of emergency should be declared in Kogi over the spate of security in the state. Melaye, while raising a point of order at the plenary, denied that the person who was shot dead at the venue of…
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Dino playing to the gallery, I have no issues with him – Gov Bello
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said while it is true that the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has made several accusations against him and also cast aspersions at his administration in the state, he (Bello) does not have any rift against him. He said reports that he was having a “running battle”…
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The story of one Dino of ABU – By Azubuike Ishiekwene
By Azubuike Ishiekwene We’re in trouble, but that’s not the worst part. The real tragedy is that we don’t know that we don’t know. It took one week and a Senate summons for the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Professor Ibrahim Garba, to say that Senator Dino Melaye graduated from ABU. And even then,…