Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that it sent a detachment of officers to the house of Senator Dino Melaye at Aiyetoro-Gbede in Kogi State on October 11 to effect his arrest.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the premises of the assembly was busy with lawmakers and national assembly workers seen going about their businesses.
This was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood
Delivering judgment on the suit on Tuesday, Justice John Tsoho held that the suit was struck out on the grounds of abuse of court process.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja, Kogi State on Monday, the leader of the forum, Hon. Shaibu Momoh, said the committee, which is in charge of screening Senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants for the 2019 election, had been bribed with N50 million to compromise their reports to favour their preferred candidates.
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday urged Nigerians to vote leaders not according to sentiments, but capacity and vision to bring about change.
The group, made up of young people drawn from seven local government areas of Kogi West Senatorial District, made the call in a statement issued by its Coordinator, Babatunde Alabi, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday confirmed earth tremor in some areas in the Federal Capital Territory calling on the National Emergency Management Agency, the FCT Emergency Management Agency and other emergency services personnel to be on “high alert”.
This is clearly a return to the days of impunity which led to the ouster of the party from power in 2015. Quite expectedly, a number of party faithfuls are waiting for the formal announcements to ditch the party, which is just recovering from the haemorrhage it experienced a few years ago
Saraki, who came in company of other senators including Dino Melaye and Peter Nwaoboshi spent about 45 minutes in a closed door with Okowa at the Government House.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2018 edition, celebrated on the third day after the Muslims’ Eid-el-Kabir festival, was held at the Oba Sikiru Adetona Golden Jubilee Centre, on Thursday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the recently defected senator, Saraki arrived at the Oba Sikiru Adetona Golden Jubilee Centre, Ijebu-Ode, venue of the Ojude-Oba, as the special guest of honor for the event.
The plot by the ex-governor is said to have thickened to the extent that some members of the party are already plotting their defection
On July 25, 2018, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court ordered the Police to release Melaye’s International Passport to him
The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday formally welcomed home Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal; Samuel Ortom of Benue, former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso; Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto and Senator Dino Melaye as they attended the party’s National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.
The National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, addressing the defectors at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, described them as true heroes of democracy
This was contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood.
Senior Magistrate, Sulyman Abdullah, adjourned the case at Thursday’s adjourned sitting for commencement of trial as the prosecution could not open its case due to absence of its lead counsel, Dr Alex Izinyon.
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce revealed this on Thursday in a tweet on his Twitter handle
Senator Dino Melaye was on Wednesday arraigned in an FCT High Court, Apo, on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide; attempt to escape from custody and damage of police property.