Chieftains of Edo North (Afemai) People’s Democratic Party on Monday expressed their support for Gov. Godwin Obaseki against the backdrop of the current fight between him and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu. Shaibu recently approached an Abuja Federal High Court to stop Obaseki, the state Chief Judge and Edo...
Impeachment
The Federal High Court, Abuja has issued a temporary order stopping Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo from impeaching his Deputy, Mr Phillip Shuaib over what he described as irreconcilable differences. Justice Ahmed Mohammed made the temporary order while ruling on a motion on notice filed by Shuaib praying the...
An advocacy group, Ilaje Development Summit Group (IDSG), has called on Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, to intervene over an alleged plot to impeach his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The group stated this on Wednesday in an open letter to the governor, signed by its Deputy Executive Administrator, Mr Ola...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday adjourned plenary indefinitely over fear of possible impeachment plot by some lawmakers. Gbajabiamila, who presided over plenary after weeks of recess, called for adjournment over speculation of his impeachment. He hinged the adjournment on the current induction...
Abia House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended the Deputy Speaker, Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, and eight other members, over the purported impeachment of the Speaker, Mr Chinedum Orji. Orji, who presided over the plenary session, announced the immediate suspension of the lawmakers for one month with no benefits. Other suspended members...
Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on Monday reinstated Abok Ayuba as Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly. Ayuba was impeached on Oct. 28, 2021 by members of the State Assembly. Ayuba, however, challenged his impeachment which he described as illegal, saying that it contravened the rules of the assembly....
The Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended the Chairman, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Mr Juan Governor, for alleged financial mismanagement. The suspension came on the heels of an impeachment notice signed by 15 councillors and forwarded to the house. The councillors had asked the house for approval...
The Abia House of Assembly on Saturday described as false, rumours that the lawmakers planned to impeach the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. The Deputy Speaker, Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, who dismissed the rumours while addressing newsmen in Aba, said that the lawmakers had never contemplated such plan. Uchendu urged members...
South Africa’s parliament has postponed a vote on impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa by one week. The vote had been scheduled for Tuesday. A few hours earlier, the 70-year-old leader filed an application with the country’s Constitutional Court to have serious corruption allegations against him investigated. The ruling...
A legal practitioner, Dr Kayode Ajulo has described as unconstitutional and unlawful the impeaching of Mr Gboyega Aribisogan as the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly by some members. Ekiti State Assembly impeached Aribisogan as speaker on Nov. 21 and elected Mrs Olubunmi Adelugba as his replacement. Seventeen...
Seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), who are indigenes of Ekiti, on Wednesday night, called for immediate restoration of normal constitutional order in the State House of Assembly, by ensuring the returns of Chief Gboyega Aribisogan as the Speaker. Led by Aare Afe Babalola, in a statement issued at...
The newly-elected Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, has called on the elders, sons and daughters of the state to intervene over alleged plan to impeach him as the Speaker. Aribisogan made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop...
The new Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, was on Monday impeached, barely six days after his election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aribisogan was also suspended as member along with his six loyalists indefinitely and without salary and other emoluments. Aribisogan was immediately...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The Adamawa State executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of no confidence on the state chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, over gross misconduct. A statement signed by the executives in Yola stated that the action followed the failure of...
Ex-International football goalkeeper, Idah Peterside has said that his biggest fear if eventually elected as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is impeachment. Peterside, also a former Media Officer of the Super Eagles, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while declaring his intention to contest for the...
The Presidency has condemned The Guardian Newspaper’s editorial calling for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide made the condemnation in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The presidential aide frowned at the way and manner the newspaper had taken up the role...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A federal lawmaker, Senator Gershom Bassey has given more insight into the 6-week ultimatum given by the opposition lawmaker to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the rising insecurity bedeviling various part of the country. Senator Bassey, who represent Southern Senatorial District in Cross River...
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly. Minority leader of the House of Reps, Ndudi Elumelu, revealed this after a closed door meeting of the...
Senators from opposition parties have issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country. They also threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address the insecurity within the period given by the lawmakers. The Minority Leader of...
The Northern House of Representatives caucus has denied impeachment move against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila over failure to support the controversial water resources bill. Rep. Seriki Addah, the Chairman, the Northern Caucus, denied the move at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja, saying at...