impeachment

A state high court sitting in Owerri has nullified the impeachment of former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Jude Agbaso. Recall that Agbaso was impeached on March 28, 2013, during the Rochas Okorocha led administration. Justice S.I…
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Donald Trump, former US President has been acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial over his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, concluding the second impeachment trial of his term in office. The U.S. Senate voted to…
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N-Y) has announced that former U.S. President, Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will begin Feb. 8 on charges that he incited the “awful” attack on the U.S. Capitol that left a police…
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A Republican lawmaker, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden barely 24 hours after Joe Biden's inauguration as US President. She alleged that Joe Biden abused executive power from his time as…
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US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has disclosed that the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as early as this week if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet refuse to remove him from office in the wake of…
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According to Multiple reports in US media, democrats have drafted the single article for US President Donald Trump's impeachment which will be formally introduced on Monday January 11. Two-thirds of senators would have to vote to…
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The Chairman of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State Suleiman Chukuba, has been impeached. Chukuba was impeached by the councillors during their sitting in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro council. It was learnt that 11 of 14…
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The first female majority leader and the only female in the Niger State House of Assembly, Binta Mamman has been impeached. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the female lawmaker was impeached by members of the house of assembly during the…
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The National Democratic Front (NDF) says Nigerians will hold the National Assembly liable should the president be illegally impeached, thereby truncating the nation's democracy. The NDF said any attempt to overturn the mandate of…
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The impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari has been demanded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over Nigeria's security challenges. This was contained in a statement released by the caucus on Sunday. According to the statement,…
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Wednesday dismissed the suit filed before it by the Ondo House of Assembly, over the suspension of three lawmakers at the State Assembly. The Court dismissed the stay of…
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The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Chiji Collins, has been impeached over financial impropriety, high handedness, and gross misconduct Collins was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday during a plenary at the…
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A former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has said that the perceived third term bid of former President Olusegun Obasanjo led to his impeachment. WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that former President Obasanjo had on Thursday claimed…
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The embattle Ondo deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi has said that he would not resign his position no matter the intimidation and propaganda from the state government. Ajayi had resigned from his political party, the All Progressive…
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Indications have emerged that the Ondo Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, might be pressured to resign this week. Ajayi, who was candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), lost his bid to govern the state after he emerged third in the…
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The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday reversed the recent impeachment of the former Speaker, Francis Okiye, and commuted it to resignation. At plenary Wednesday which was presided over by the new Speaker, Hon Marcus Onabun, a motion to…
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Weeks after the re-election of Godwin Obaseki as the governor of Edo state, members of the state house of assembly on Monday have impeached the speaker of the house. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the speaker of the state assembly was…
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Suspected thugs on Monday invaded the premises of the Ondo State House of Assembly following a court ruling that quashed the suspension of four lawmakers. Those whose suspension were lifted are; Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ogundeji Iroju, the…
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Edo speaker, Frank Okiye has been impeached by seventeen members of the Edo State House of Assembly and elected Mr Victor Edoror as his successor. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the factional house of assembly members who are loyal to the…
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The deputy speaker of the Edo House of Assembly Yekini Idiaye has been impeached on Wednesday. Idiaye is the lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo Constituency I in the assembly. His impeachment by lawmakers in the assembly comes days after…
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