Tag: impeachment
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Ekiti Assembly denies impeachment move, passes vote of confidence on Fayose
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have said they have confidence in the State governor, Ayodele Fayose. The lawmakers also distanced themselves from the alleged plot to impeach the governor following the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate in the July 14 governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The Speaker of the…
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Imo Assembly serves impeachment notice on Deputy Governor
The lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly have officially served an impeachment notice on the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere. This is even as hundreds of the supporters of the deputy governor took to the major roads in the state capital on Tuesday to protest the ongoing impeachment proceedings…
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Court ‘halts’ impeachment process against Okorocha’s deputy, Madumere
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, to halt the impeachment process against him by the state House of Assembly. Recall that the House on Tuesday set up a six-member committee headed by Kennedy Ibe, member representing Obowo Local Government Area, to probe…
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BREAKING: Imo lawmakers commence impeachment process against Okorocha’s deputy
The Imo State House of Assembly has commenced impeachment process against the deputy governor, Eze Madumere. The Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozuruigbo, who moved the motion that the impeachment process be served on the embattled deputy governor, accused him, among other things, of abandoning his duties and office as the state’s number two citizen for a…
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Presidency reacts to court’s directive to commence impeachment of Buhari
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said he was not aware of an order of mandamus granted by a court for the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed said this while answering questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of…
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BREAKING: Court backs NASS to commence impeachment process against Buhari
A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun state capital has ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. The judge gave the order on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 based on the suit filed by two Nigerians, Kanmi Ajibola, a lawyer and Sulaiman Adeniyi, a human right activist, urging the…
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Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker
Officers from the Kano State Police Command on Monday sealed state assembly complex over attempts by the lawmakers to impeach the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Yusuf. It was gathered that as at Sunday night, 21 lawmakers had duly signed in support of the speaker’s impeachment. “We have already impeached the principal officers by having 21 lawmakers…
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Buhari’s impeachment: Dangerous moves in NASS, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The power to spend any funds of the government is predicated on the mandatory approval of the National Assembly, as spelt out specifically in Sections 80 and 81 of the amended 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, and its non-observance is a breach of the right of the legislature to control expenditure. But as…
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Buhari’s Impeachment move: PDP condemns attack on Senator Urhoghide
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on a senator, Matthew Urhoghide, describing it as completely inexcusable. The party in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodinyan, accused the ruling APC of masterminding the attack. Recall that Mr Urhoghide (PDP, Edo South) was attacked at the Benin airport when…
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Gov Obasaki sent thugs to attack me after I demanded Buhari’s impeachment -Sen. Urhoghide
Senator representing Edo South in the National Assembly, Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday revealed what happened to him after he moved the motion for President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment. The Senator who said he has no regrets for moving the motion, alleged that the Chief of Staff to Governor Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele, mobilized thugs tojustassault him at the…