Day: June 26, 2015

Tribunal Sacks Edo APC Lawmaker

A member in the Edo State House of Assembly, Yakubu Gowon, has been axed by the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday. Gowon contested the April 11, 2015 Etsako West II Constituency election under the platform of All Progressives Congress, and was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…

Buhari Disbands NNPC Board

Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been dissolved by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement issued on Friday by Director of Communications for the Head of Service of the Federation, Haruna Imrana, disclosed that the affected nine members of the board are to quit with immediate effect. The President, also in the statement,…