Tag: Dino Melaye

Reckless Borrowing: “Next loan will be from Opay!” – Dino Melaye taunts Tinubu 

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Dino Melaye taunts Tinubu

…Declares PDP dead, sold to APC  Outspoken ex-Kogi Senator, Dino Melaye, has torn into President Bola Tinubu, mocking his “endless borrowing spree” and warning that Nigerians may soon see the president turn to fintech apps like Opay and Moniepoint for loans. Speaking during a televised interview on Monday, Melaye mocked Tinubu’s mounting debt profile, warning that the administration’s appetite for loans had reached absurd levels. “There is massive hunger in the land. Why is the president borrowing $1.7 billion from the World Bank? Why has the Senate approved $21 billion…

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Dino Melaye summoned to court for alleged tax evasion

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Dino Melaye faces

Former Senator representing Kogi-West constituency, Dino Melaye, has been summoned to court over alleged failure to pay his mandatory Personal Income Tax for 2023 and 2024, as well as underpayment of taxes in 2020, 2021, and 2022. A criminal summons, dated August 21, 2025, was issued by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court, requiring Melaye to appear before the Magistrate Court at Wuse Zone II, Abuja, on September 5, 2025. According to the FCT Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Melaye only paid ₦85,000.08 in 2019, ₦100,000.08 in 2020, ₦120,000 in…

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“2027 election”ll be battle between hungry Nigerians and a rudderless APC” –  Melaye

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Dino Melaye

Former federal lawmaker and ex-PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has declared that the 2027 general elections will be a decisive contest between suffering Nigerians and the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Speaking during a television programme on Friday, Melaye criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, describing the current state of the nation as unprecedentedly dire. He said, “We are in a precarious situation in this country, like we have never been. It has never been this disastrous, it has never been this terrible”, Melaye said. “The hunger…

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Dino Melaye wins 6-yr legal tussle against FG, IGP

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Dino Melaye wins

The presiding judge of the Abuja High Court, Justice Sylvanus Oriji, has reportedly discharged and acquitted former senator Dino Melaye of the charges brought before him by the Federal Government. Recall that the legal battle began six years ago. In a post on X, Melaye, who represented Kogi-West district in the 9th National Assembly, said the presiding judge, Justice Sylvanus Oriji cleared him of two charges of providing false information concerning an alleged assassination attempt on his life in 2017. The Attorney-Generals Office formally charged Melaye on January 31, 2018,…

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Kogi: What I will do if elected Governor Melaye

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Kogi State Governorship election scheduled for November 11, 2023, Senator Dino Melaye, has pledged to prioritise unity among the people of the state as well as enhance the states development if elected. Melaye, made this promise during a meeting with the state leaders from Kogi Central, in Abuja, on Monday. He said the outcome of the PDP governorship primary election showcased the bond of unity among the people of the State. Melaye said, I will not take the massive support of my…

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Kogi: Dino Melaye wins PDP ticket

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Former senator for Kogi-West, Dino Melaye, has won the Kogi State PDP governorship primary. He received 313 votes, beating out Idoko Ilonah, who received 124. Awoniyi Sunday had 77 votes, while Musa Wada had 56 votes The former lawmaker will be up against the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) for the election, Kabiru Usman Ododo. In a tension-soaked election, with protest leading to the Congress over the delegates list, the process however went on smoothly, with the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).

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2023: “Peter Obi cant win election; Obidients euphoria already dying” Dino Melaye

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Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye, has reiterated that presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, cannot win election, saying the euphoria of his Obidient supporters is already dying. Melaye made this assertion while addressing newsmen in Abuja at the weekend. He said: By January, they will go down more, because people will realize that it is going to be a wasted vote; people will realise that he (Peter Obi) cannot become president, they will realize that voting for Peter is voting for…

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2023: APC announces Lalong as Tinubus campaign DG

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… As Dino Melaye, Bwala picked as Atikus campaign spokespersons  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Governor of Plateau State governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, (NGF), Simon Lalong, as the Director-General of its Presidential Campaign Council. The APC Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this to State House Correspondents yesterday shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Adamu also announced Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, as the interim spokesman, and a columnist with the LEADERSHIP newspaper, Hannatu Musawa as the…

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‘Flagbearer, NOT successor Dino Melaye tackles Buhari over remark on APC presidential candidate

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Former Kogi-West senator, Dino Melaye, says the use of successor by President Muhammadu Buhari in his address to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors is undemocratic. Recall that while speaking at a meeting with APC governors on Tuesday, Buhari said as the second-term governors have been accorded the privilege of choosing their successors, he would require the support of the party stakeholders in selecting the person who would succeed him. Reacting to the statement yesterday, Melaye, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the deliberate use of successor…

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2022 Budget laced with fake items to defraud Nigerians Group alleges

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A civil society organisation, (CSO), Anti-Corruption Network, (ACN), has raised the alarm over the proposed 2022 budget, alleging that it contains fake items running into billions of Naira, aimed at defrauding Nigerians. Addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the ACN Executive Secretary, Senator Dino Melaye, described the nations budgeting system as a monumental national disgrace. The organisation also condemned the N228 billion budgetary provision proposed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service Commission (FIRS), describing it as a monumental fraud. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had in October presented a…

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