Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has been served an impeachment notice by some lawmakers of the Benue State House of Assembly on Monday. The lawmakers who served the impeachment notice on the state governor are the eight All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the House. According to Punch, the spokesperson for the eight lawmakers said the House…
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The Senate has assured that there is no impeachable offence against President Muhammadu Buhari and as such there is no contemplation of impeachment by the chamber. The Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the president had no impeachable offence hanging on his head. According to him, the…
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Alhaji Alhassan Doguwa, (APC), Chief Whip, House of Representatives said on Sunday in Bauchi that the House had no single evidence of impeachable offence against President Muhammadu Buhari. Fielding questions from newsmen, Doguwa, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Constituency in Kano State, said no such issue was contemplated in the House of Representatives. “As far as…
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A year after resuming office, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Honourable Victor Edoror and his Deputy were impeached on Tuesday, April 3 following accusations of incompetence and high-handedness. The two principal officers were impeached by 15 members of the 24-member Assembly. A new speaker Mrs Elizabeth Ativie was elected as replacement after their…
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Hon. Jumoke Akindele The Ondo State House of Assembly yesterday reversed the impeachment of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Assembly carried out on Tuesday night by some lawmakers, reports The Guardian. The reversal came on the heels of the intervention by the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic…
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Hon. Jumoke Akindele The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele and her Deputy, Mr Fatai Olotu have been impeached. They were reportedly impeached on Tuesday, 8th of March by 18 of the 26 lawmakers in the house. Subsequently, Iroju Ogundeji from Odigbo local government was elected as Speaker…
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The impeachment of Murtala Nyako as Governor of Adamawa state has been nullified by an appeal court. Nyako’s impeachment by the Adamawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday July 16, 2014 following allegations of gross misconduct leveled against him by the House of Assembly – Jauro, Biobele Abraham George will and O.A. Ogakwu, was…
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