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Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari's Impeachment Moves

Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari’s Impeachment Moves

July 31, 2022 5:29 am

Against the backdrop of the impeachment threats by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators impeachment threats on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senator representing Jigawa North West Senatorial district, Danladi Sankara, has vowed that he would neither support the removal of Buhari nor Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan.

Sankara who is an All Progressives Congress (APC) made his stand known amid reports that some APC Senators were also on the same page as opposition ones.

In a statement by Senator Sankara which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, the lawmaker revealed that plans were …

Impeachment: We've Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

Impeachment: We’ve Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

July 29, 2022 5:32 am

Barely twenty-four hours after some senators threatened to serve an impeachment notice on President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity, their counterparts in the House of Representatives, have also joined the fray saying that they have to numbers to do that.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that senators from the various opposition parties and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Wednesday after walked out of plenary told newsmen that they were giving President Buhari six weeks to address the problem of insecurity across the country or face impeachment.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate met …

Yobe Lawmakers Breaks Silence On Alleged Move To Impeach Buni

Yobe Lawmakers Breaks Silence On Alleged Move To Impeach Buni

May 20, 2022 4:59 am

The Yobe State House of Assembly has debunked the rumour making the rounds that members of the Assembly were making moves to impeach Governor Mai Mala Buni from office for undisclosed reasons.

The House debunked the story through its Chairman House Committee on Information, Gafo Mai Zabo Bizi, who represented by his vice, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Bazuwa, on Thursday during a press briefing in Damaturu which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

The lawmakers also described the impeachment report as ‘false and malicious’.

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‘The entire members of the …

Matawalle Swears In New Zamfara Deputy Gov, Senator Hassan

Matawalle Swears In New Zamfara Deputy Gov, Senator Hassan

February 24, 2022 1:55 am

Zamfara State Governor, Hon Bello Mohammed Matawalle, on Wednesday swore in the new Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau after the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor.

While delivering his speech at the Councils Chamber, Government House, Gusau on Wednesday, the Governor said following the impeachment of the immediate past Deputy Governor by the State House of Assembly, it became imperative to fill the vacancy as provided for by section 191, subsection 3 of the 1999 Constitution.

According to him, the person who should occupy the position of Deputy Governor should be an able lieutenant, loyal, …

Trump

Trump Impeachment: US House Speaker Blows Hot

January 10, 2020 2:51 pm
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week.

Reuters reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this on Friday.

In a letter to House lawmakers, Pelosi said she has asked House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to “be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate.”

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“I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we

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Trump Has One Of Best Weeks, Apart From Impeachment

December 20, 2019 4:01 pm

Donald Trump leaves on Christmas vacation Friday after a series of legislative victories gave him one of his best weeks in office — apart from becoming only the third US president ever impeached.

Surprisingly, for a capital paralyzed by Democratic-Republican gridlock and a presidency mired in scandal, a whole string of major breakthroughs came through at once.

While Democrats and Republicans tussle over how his Senate impeachment trial will unfold, possibly in January, he is fighting to refocus voters’ minds on the brighter side of his presidency ahead of the 2020 election.

And as he packed his bags for a …

Putin Predicts Outcome Of Trump’s Impeachment

December 19, 2019 10:10 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reacted to the impeachment of US President Donald Trump

NAN had reported that Donald Trump was formally impeached by the US House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Wednesday.

The vote followed weeks of testimony, related to his dealings with Ukraine. 230 to 197 votes in the Democratic-majority House saw to the impeachment of the US president.

Trump will, however, remain in office until he is tried and convicted by the senate.

Putin on Thursday predicted that Trump’s impeachment will be rejected by the US Senate.

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US: Presidency Reacts To Trump’s Impeachment

December 19, 2019 5:54 am

The US presidency also known as the White House has hit back at lawmakers after President Donald Trump was impeached, slamming the “illegitimate articles of impeachment” and voicing confidence the president would be acquitted in the Senate.

“Democrats have chosen to proceed on this partisan basis in spite of the fact that the President did absolutely nothing wrong,” spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement, calling the votes in the House of Representatives an “unconstitutional travesty”.

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Grisham said that there were no fact witnesses in the hearing and alleged bias …

Trump Impeachment Debate Opens With Fiery Partisan Battle

December 12, 2019 2:43 pm

Democrats warned that US President Donald Trump was on the verge of dictatorship while Republicans fiercely defended his record at the opening of a stormy, historic debate on impeachment charges Wednesday.

The parties held tightly to diametrically opposed views of Trump as they weighed articles of impeachment at the beginning of a two-day debate.

Trump is alleged to have wielded the power of the presidency for personal and political gain by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 US election.

There is little question about the outcome in the House Judiciary Committee: by the end of the week the majority-Democrat …

US Lawmakers Clash Over Impeachment Charges Against Trump

December 12, 2019 2:34 pm

US lawmakers clashed Thursday ahead of a committee vote to approve charges of presidential abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, a fateful step toward the impeachment of Donald Trump.

The House Judiciary Committee began a second day of historic debate with the parties holding diametrically opposed views on the move to oust the president from office for misconduct.

If, as predicted, the full House votes next week against Trump, he will become only the third US commander in chief ever to be impeached and placed on trial in the Senate.

The president stands accused of leveraging critical military aide

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Democrats Announce Two Impeachment Charges Against Trump

December 10, 2019 3:45 pm

Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on Tuesday in a momentous step asserting that the US president abused his office and deserves to be removed.

If the charges — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — are approved by the full House of Representatives in a vote expected next week, it would make Trump the third US leader ever impeached and placed on trial in the Senate.

An angry Trump dismissed the charges as “ridiculous” but Democrats insisted presidents are not untouchable.

“We must be clear: No one, not even the president, is above the law,” …

Talks

Russia’s Top Diplomat Opens US Talks Amid Impeachment

December 10, 2019 3:33 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday opened a visit to Washington in which he will meet Donald Trump, the very day when Democrats unveiled impeachment charges against the president.

The timing marks a redux of the veteran Russian diplomat’s last visit to Washington in May 2017, when Trump was fighting off allegations that he cooperated with Russia and was accused of sharing classified information with Lavrov.

Lavrov began the day of talks by meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said the Trump administration was determined to pursue its work despite the politics at home.

“We didn’t …

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