Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a suit filed by Senator Dino Melaye, challenging some sections of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, also referred to as the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Bill. Delivering judgment in the suit today June 30, Justice Ojukwu held that her court lacked the jurisdiction to hear and determine issues raised in the suit by Melaye. She also held that the issues raised in the suit …
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Dino Melaye has shared a new video taunting suspended National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomole. The former lawmaker sang a song in Yoruba as he mocked former Edo state governor, Oshiomhole, today June 25. ”Why did Buhari, APC take Oshiomole to Golgotha? Meanwhile myself and Sen Saraki are waiting for our retirement letter from the disgraced former chairman.” he wrote Recall that the National Working Committee of the party which Oshiomole set up before he was suspended, was dissolved earlier today at …
The Kogi State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by Dino Melaye challenging the election of Smart Adeyemi as winner of Kogi West Senatorial re-run election in Kogi State which held on November 16, 2019. Delivering judgment in the petition today Wednesday, June 10, the tribunal led by Justice Kashim Kaigama, said Melaye failed to prove how the election was rigged in favor of Adeyemi. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for lacking in merit. Melaye had …
Dino Melaye, the former senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district has backed the medical test which confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Kogi state. Recall that the Kogi State Government had rejected theNigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announcement of two cases of Coronavirus in the state on Wednesday May 27. However in a statement released on Saturday May 30, the former lawmaker said the medical test is real as he knows a patient from Kabba. Dino Melaye said; “I …
Senator Dino Melaye took to Instagram to state that Nigeria is “in trouble” as there are alot of people waiting to steal public funds. He wrote: “In Nigeria, the population of people waiting to steal is higher than the population of people currently stealing. We are in trouble.”
Senator who formerly represented Kogi West at the Senate, Dino Melaye, has berated those celebrating the electoral victory of Mr. Smart Adeyemi in last Saturday’s rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Adeyemi the Senator-elect for Kogi West, having polled a total of 88,373 votes, compared to Melaye’s 62,133 votes. Still smarting from the defeat, the self-professed “democratic evangelist” had tweeted on Sunday evening: Congratulating Smart Adeyemi will amount to congratulating an armed robber after successful operation. SDM. — …