Tag: Senator Dino Melaye

JUST IN: PDP Splits, Wike Leads Southern Caucus As Crisis Degenerates

Gbenga Adeoti

The internal crisis rocking the Nigeria’s leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly worsened. The party, Platforms Africa reports, has been in the ctisis since when governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike lost the presidential ticket of the party for next year’s presidential election, during its primaries in May this year. Nigerian Tribune, oldest surviving newspaper in the country, is reporting that the party has split down the middle along North-South divide, even ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday this week, to review the state of…

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How Dino Melaye was Defeated in Kogi PDP Senatorial Primary

Ayobami Adedinni

“The Gang up is unimaginable but l give God praise,” Melaye who once said God revealed to him that ex-VP Atiku Abubakar will be President and him, next Senator, said as he accepted defeat Senator Dino Melaye, has been defeated by Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf in the Kogi West Senatorial primary election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Platforms Africa reports that Melaye who once said God revealed to him that former vice President Atiku Abubakar would be President has also said he would be the next Senator…

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