The impeachment crisis involving the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, has remained unresolved as the Assembly’s spokesperson, Olatunji Ifabiyi, said lawmakers were still pursuing the process. Ifabiyi in an interview with NAN, said reports that the lawmakers had abandoned their plan to remove Oladiji were false. Naija News reports that…
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk has supported calls for U.S. President Donald Trump to be impeached. He suggested in a post on X that Vice President J.D. Vance should replace him. He made the call while replying political commentator Ian Miles Cheong’s post on X The post read:…
Claim: Unidentified thugs invaded Rivers State Assembly and abducted the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule amid a process to impeach the state Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Verdict: Misleading. Full Text: A Facebook page claimed that thugs invaded Rivers State Assembly and abducted the Speaker of the House, Amaewhule during the process of impeaching the state…
Mudashiru Obasa, the impeached speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has faulted members for his abrupt removal. Obasa, who spoke for the first time on Saturday about his removal, noted that it was imperative for the lawmakers to “follow constitutional procedure” to remove him as speaker. The embattled politician also debunked the allegations…
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologised for his attempt to impose martial law this week but did not resign, defying intense pressure to step down even from some in his ruling party and only hours ahead of a planned impeachment vote. Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal…
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean lawmakers submitted a bill on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and reversed the move hours later, triggering a political crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The surprise declaration of martial law in the major U.S. ally late on Tuesday caused a standoff with parliament, which…
Kenya’s Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, missed his Senate impeachment hearing on Thursday due to ‘illness’. His lawyer, Paul Muite, told the Senate that Gachagua had been hospitalised and was too sick to attend. Gachagua faces 11 charges, including corruption and inciting ethnic divisions. Gachagua was also accused of backing youth-led anti-government protests that erupted over…
Philip Shaibu The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has begun the process of filing a formal petition against the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. Following his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly, Shaibu, through the legal representation of B.I. Dakum and Co., has contacted the Chief Justice of Nigeria,…
