The South-West arm of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed strong support for Seyi Makinde, commending his leadership and dismissing reports of an alleged impeachment plot as unfounded. At a news briefing held in Ibadan on Monday, the party’s zonal executives said the governor had played a key role in preserving Nigeria’s multi-party democratic system….
Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, Deputy Governor of Kano State, could face impeachment proceedings after failing to respond to allegations brought against him by the State House of Assembly. The Majority Leader, Husseini Lawan, confirmed that the deadline for a formal defence had passed without any submission from the deputy governor. He said the Assembly would decide…
The Senate, on Wednesday, moved swiftly to dispel rumours about an alleged move to impeach its President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, describing the reports as baseless and misleading. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele said the claims had been “quoted out of context” and that there had never been any discussion…
The factional leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Working Committee in Rivers, led by Mr Nname Ewor, has condemned impeachment notice against the governor and deputy by Rivers House of Assembly. The committee also said that impeachment of Gov. Siminalaye Fubara was not part of the Supreme Court order. Ewor, at a media briefing…
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has said that if Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers is impeached, another Ijaw candidate must succeed him. he must be succeeded by another Ijaw candidate. The group’s Director General, Johnson Georgewill, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday that the arrangement would ensure that the Ijaw people completed their tenure….
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday held the seventh hearing of the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol, with the arrested president attending for the fifth time. Yoon, dressed in a suit and red necktie as in previous hearings, arrived at the courtroom in central Seoul at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT). During…
