10 things You Should Know This Morning

Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:

1.The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that it lost a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Cliff Igwegbe, who was the DPO of Rumuokoro Police division during a shootout between its men and some hoodlums last Sunday.
Report says the DPO had led an operation against suspected hoodlums, who were reported to have stolen a vehicle belonging to a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Sam Oge, before they were ambushed.

2. Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki was Tuesday taken to the office of the DSS for further questioning over the controversial illegal arms deal. Dasuki who had since been placed under house arrest was picked in the morning.


3. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed that it has received the name of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the All Progressives Congress’ replacement for the deceased Abubakar Audu in the coming Saturday’s supplementary election. The confirmation was made by the Deputy Director in charge of Publicity, Mr Nick Dazang.

4. Report says the appeal lodged at the Supreme Court by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, challenging the Appeal Court judgment that ruled in favour of the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, will come up on Thursday.

5. Following the death of the father of the magistrate handling the case of Nnamdi Kanu and the federal government, the hearing of the case was on Tuesday stalled. The court registrar, Salisu Yunusa said the magistrate’s father died on Thursday, November 26. He added that no date has been fixed for the hearing and ruling on the case yet.

6. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was on Tuesday afternoon served court papers over a case instituted by the running mate to Abubakar Audu, in the Kogi inconclusive election, James Faleke. He filed the lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the selection of Yahaya Bello as Audu’s replacement.


7. Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that the Tuesday arrest of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, by the Department of State Services (DSS), was part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime of vengeance. He said Buhari had exhibited high level of dictatorship by disobeying court order and later arresting and detaining Dasuki who court had ordered to be allowed to travel abroad.

8. Report has it that With just few days to the governorship election in Bayelsa State, some serving commissioners and other officials in Dickson’s government, Tuesday defected to the APC. The politicians took the decision at the APC governorship campaign rally held in the state.

9. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Tuesday promised to lead the protest against any of his colleagues who fails to pay the N18,000 minimum wage.
He was speaking to the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) at the 6th quadrennial national delegates conference of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in Abuja.

10. Chairman of Daar Communication, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday and was accompanied to the office of the EFCC by his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr. His arrest has been linked to funds transferred to his account from the office of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Dasuki.