Nigeria Breaking News Today Friday, October 13 2017

Nigeria breaking news

This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Friday, October 13 2017.

Supreme court adjourns Dasuki’s case till 2018

The Supreme court has on Thursday, adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by former national security adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) till January 25, 2018.

Col. Dasuki was the national security adviser during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Dasuki had filed a suit asking the apex court to compel the federal government to obey the orders of an Abuja high court as well as the ECOWAS court granting him bail.

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You don’t have power to demote Imohimi Edgal, Police slams

Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the demotion acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos state Police Command, Imohimi Edgal by the Police Service Commission, PSC.

PSC has in a letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, disclosed its intention to revert Edgal to his former rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police.

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See how much EFCC has recovered through whistle blowing

The  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, disclosed that more than N30 billion looted funds have been recovered since through the whistle blowing policy.

Acting chairman of the anti graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, stated this yesterday at the launch of the whistle-blower support project tagged ‘Corruption Anonymous’ (CORA).

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Buhari instructed us to focus on Northern Nigeria – World bank

The World Bank on Thursday, disclosed that it had concentrated developmental efforts in the northern region of the country in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington DC, United States, President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, also advised President Buhari to invest in things that would boost the nation’s economic growth.

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Davido releases Official Statement & CCTV Footage over Tagbo’s Death

Embattled pop singer Davido, has finally released an official press statement debunking claims that he told his driver and friends to “dump” Tagbo Umeike’s body.

Naija News recalls that there has been controversy over the death of  Tagbo who passed on over a week ago.

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