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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called off its nationwide strike. This announcement was made on Sunday by the NLC President Ayuba Wabba. He said the strike is being called off as a result of the firm and formal assurance of the Federal Government to reconvene the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage. The  Labour Congress had earlier on Thursday, October 27, directed all its members and affiliate unions to commence a nationwide strike. The NLC President said the industrial action was due to the refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the meeting of the tripartite committee to enable it to conclude its work on the new national minimum wage.

BREAKING SHOW-DOWN!! HAPPENING NOW: Rally for Ambode's second term: Supporters march from Maryland to Ojota.  Akinwunmi Ambode is the  governor of Lagos State elected under the ruling party All Progressive Congress  (APC). It was learnt  according to source that He was coming out for  continunity for His second tenure under the APC.  But was asked to step down for   Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the party’s ticket for the 2019 elections. By   His God Father   Asiwaju Bola  Tinubu the Leader of the All Progressives Congress party Lagos State . APC. The embattled Governor does not have the support of the All Progressives Congress Party to embark on his second term bid. He is expected to announce his decision to withdraw from the race as the party primaries hold on Monday. 

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho wants to see Paul Pogba sold in January. The Mirror says the warring pair clashed again at training on Wednesday, this time in a running two-minute spat that was captured by TV cameras. Pogba is desperate to join Barcelona, just two years after returning to United for a then world-record £89million and Mourinho is as keen to get rid of a man who was a key member of France’s World Cup-winning squad this summer as soon as possible. United believe their best chance of receiving a new world-record £200m transfer fee is to wait until next summer, but their manager wants a deal done earlier. Pogba began and finished the training session, and flicked a ‘V’ sign at photographers later as he drove away from the training ground. He is said to have been livid at his latest snub from Mourinho, which came less than 24 hours after the Portuguese told him he would never captain United under him again.

Romelu Lukaku is going cold on Manchester United teammate Paul Pogba, it has been revealed. The Daily Mail says there are concerns at United that the ongoing dispute with Paul Pogba could poison Mourinho’s relationship with other first-team players and bring him into conflict with a young group that is close to Pogba. However, Lukaku has also cooled his friendship with a team-mate who played a part in his £75m move to United from Everton last year by joining him on holiday in the US. Lukaku does not want to be seen to be backing Pogba against Mourinho. The two players remain on good terms but club insiders have noticed they are not as close as before. Ashley Young, Nemanja Matic and Micheal Carrick, before he retired and joined the coaching staff, are among those who have kept their distance from Pogba.

Nigerian migrants rescued after Libya cell video goes viral Nigerian migrants held in Libya were rescued after releasing a video from their cell that went viral on social media and caught the attention of authorities. A group of migrants held inside a detention centre in Zawiya in Libya, risked their lives to shoot the video in July, showing poor living conditions and people pleading for help . They refuse to deport us,” says a man in the video that was shared over WhatsApp and other social networks. “We are suffering here, we are dying here… they are keeping us here for business.” The video was sent to France 24 Observers, a citizen journalism initiative, in July. After seeing the video, the journalists flagged the attention of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which helps organise voluntary returns from Libyan detention camps The migrants returned to Nigeria on August 30. “If not for that video we wouldn’t have been able to come back to Nigeria, I b

Atiku Abubakar  His visit to Anambra State 26th September 2018 shared on his Twitter handle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Atiku Abubakar one of the presidential Aspirants of People’s Democratic Power  ( PDP) from the the north East on his familiar visit to the people of Anambra , one of the south Eastern states yesterday and he  visited the  OBI of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu. CFR. He twitted  I quote   “ it was  pleasure stopping over in the great commercial city of Onitsha to pay my courtesies and receive the royal blessing of Agbogidi, His Royal  Majesty, Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, 

Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) Fed Beggars and Homeless Persons on Girls Alive platform. Queen Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) and a Serving Youth Corp  Presently Serving in FCT. Fed Beggars and Homeless Persons on Girls Alive platform. In Abuja. On 26th September 2018.    She was on  the street of Abuja in  FCT , on 26th September 2016 with her friends by 2pm to feed the beggars and the homeless . She started from DeiDei, to Kubwa.  satellite towns in Abuja, FCT. In feeding the beggars. What a kind gesture from her to remember the Destitute. See the photos: She wrote. "We were on the streets of Abuja, precisely Kubwa and Dei Dei axis on Wednesday (26/9/18) as our confidently beautiful Queen, Queen Maria Awan (Miss Philanthropy North Africa) fed beggars and homeless persons on Girls Alive platform. We sincerely appreciate all our volunteers and the entire public for yo

The second term bid of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has become more uncertain as the market women queue behind, Sanwo-Olu.   Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo and Babajide Sanwo-Olu     The Iyaloja General of Lagos, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has thrown her weight behind the candidacy of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos State All Progressives Congress governorship primaries holding on Sunday.   The endorsement came after a short meeting between Mr. Sanwo-Olu, the Director General of his campaign organization, Mr. Tayo Ayinde on one hand and Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo and other market leaders on the other hand.   Speaking at the occasion, the Director General of the Babajide Sanwo-olu Campaign organization (BOSCO) Tayo Ayinde said the campaign team recognized the enormity of voting power that the market women and men have so  ‘‘it will be foolhardy for any politician to underestimate them in the scheme of things’’.   Ayinde however described the event as a family meeting,

Osun state Governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has paid a visit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu following his election victory. Rauf Aregbesola, Osun Governor-elect Gboyega Oyetola and Bola Tinubu   All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the party’s victory in the Osun governorship election shows that democracy is at work in the country.   Tinubu said this after he received Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and the newly elected state Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola at his Resident in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday.   Tinubu also received Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, who faces on Sunday a primary election against Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said to be Tinubu’s candidate and Obafemi Hamzat. Ambode came with Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the end of Thursda

Osun Election Oshiomhole reveals APC’s agreement with Omisore The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has explained the agreement of the party with the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Oshiomhole, who gave the explanation at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that there would not be automatic ticket for Omisore. Responding to a question on whether the APC promised Omisore an automatic ticket to contest  a senatorial seat, He said, “I don’t like those words  ‘automatic tickets.’ I was careful even after the meeting we had with our lawmakers not to use those words. “We will provide a level playing field for all to contest, if I didn’t promise our members automatic tickets, how can I promise a person I do not yet know?” He noted that, perhaps, the PDP forgot that Omisore had served as a deputy governor to Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer interim na

The scandals bedevilling Facebook Facebook is at the centre of controversy yet again after admitting that up to 50 million accounts were breached by hackers. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said engineers discovered the breach on Tuesday, and patched it on Thursday night. “We don’t know if any accounts were actually misused,” Zuckerberg said. “We face constant attacks from people who want to take over accounts or steal information around the world.” Facebook reset the 50 million breached accounts, meaning users will need to sign back in using passwords. It also reset “access tokens” for another 40 million accounts as a precautionary measuremail Here is a roundup of the scandals dogging the social media giant. In Facebook’s telling, everything goes back to 2013 when Russian-American researcher Aleksandr Kogan creates a personality prediction test app, “thisisyourdigitallife”, which is offered on the social network. Around 300,000 people download the app

The Nigerian government has began recruitment into the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme.   The Federal Government has announced the opening of the recruitment portal for the implementation of the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme in the country.   Dr Anthony Uwa, the Head of BRISIN implementation in Nigeria, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.   BRISIN is an integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information to support the management of the economy.   The Agency also reports that the Federal Government plans to recruit 5000 unemployed Nigerians in the FCT in the pilot phase to drive the implementation of the scheme.   According to Uwa, “the registration into the 5,000 recruitment for BRISINS implementation is now open online. “Applicants can access the form and register only from www.brisin.gov.ng; applicants that go through othe

 The Burial Of Bello Baba-Ari, NAF Pilot Who Died In Fighter Jet Crash on Friday 28th September 2018. He was a pilot in the Nigeria Airforce  NAF Officer and  Squadron Leader. He has been buried briefly accordance with the Islamic rite with his families and colleagues in attendance.             Dignitaries and senior military officers paid their last respects as his body  was laid to rest.   The deceased officer, Squadron Leader Bello Baba-Ari, who was a trainer pilot flew the combat fighter jet while the hospitalised officers flew the trainer jets.      The 32-year-old pilot, a squadron pilot at the Air Task Force, Operation Lafiya Dole, in the North-East, had taken off with two others in three fighter jets at about 12.30pm from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.  Buthe the  planes collided minutes later around Katamkpe Hill.

The Triumph of Tyranny is Only Temporal Atiku Abubakar the former Vice president of Nigeria and the presidential Aspirant of the people democratic party  (PDP) speaks   Abuja, Nigeria, 28 September, 2018:  The result just declared today in Osun by the Independent National Electoral Commission in favour of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate is a travesty of justice. That was not democracy. That was a demonstration of tyranny. The victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was firmly established last week on Saturday the 22nd of September, 2018. This so-called victory of the APC is not a democratic victory. Observers, both foreign and domestic, reported the brazen intimidation of voters and outright suppression of voting in PDP strongholds with even PDP agents physically prevented from being at the polling units.  These actions showed to the whole world that this unnecessary rerun, in polling units cancelled

 Kanye West Is Set To Drop New Album, “Yandhi” On Saturday Night Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.  The international rapper Kanye West has taken to Twitter to announce that his next album “Yandhi” will be released on Saturday night. The  awards winning rapper, producer and designer said: “We’re releasing Yandhi Saturday night. We know it will come in number 2 to my brother Lil Wayne and that’s lovely The universe needs Ye and Wayne music at the same time” — ye (@kanyewest)  September 27, 2018 His reference to Lil Wayne has to do with Weezy’s long-awaited Tha Carter V which is also set for release anytime from now with date already announced for midnight today.

Osun re-run election anti-democratic, not credible — CDD An election monitoring group, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has faulted the ongoing rerun election in Osun State as anti-democratic. The CDD noted that the number of the incidents recorded during the poll have undermined the sanctity of the vote and the overall credibility of the electoral process. “we hold strongly the view that the re-run poll of Thursday, September 27, 2018, does not meet up with the minimum standards for free, fair and credible elections,” the CDD said in a statement. It falls short of global best practices in democratic elections which Nigeria aspires towards,” it added. Although, voting has closed at about 2:00 p.m across the seven polling units for the rerun, the official collation of results is yet to start in Osogbo as at the time of filing this report. The rerun election is being held at seven polling units, three polling units in Orolu, two polling units in Ife South, o

Photos Nigeria President  Buhari being protected by US Female Secret Service Agent At the ongoing UNGA73 in New York  In the United State of America Traveling foreign dignitaries are usually protected by the Secret Service or Department of State.  This Photos emerged online showing Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari being protected by a female US Secret Service agent at the ongoing 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially opened September 18, 2018.   See photos below:  

Linda Ikeji step out with her son    Linda Ikeji    Linda Ikeji the popular celebrity blogger had her son 10 days ago.   She  shared lovely photos of herself stepping out with her baby Jayce.   She wrote;  "I swear I had a baby last week! . Easy pregnancy, easy delivery and now snap back without any effort from me. I've hardly stepped out of the house, just staring at Jayce like a slowpoke. . How any woman can be a mum and be calm is beyond me"   See more images:              

Osun rerun: Atiku speaks on security agencies harassing voters, tells INEC what to do A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday reacted to reports of security operatives intimidating and harassing voters in the ongoing Osun rerun governorship election. The Waziri of Adamawa described the action as unacceptable and must stop. In a tweet, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant warned that the rerun was widely monitored within and outside Nigeria. He also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to redeem its image by been impartial. “Reports about voters & observers intimidation by security agents in Osun rerun election is unacceptable & must be stopped. “The rerun is being widely monitored in Nigeria & beyond. I hope that @inecnigeria will redeem its pledge of being an impartial umpire. #OsunDecides2018,” he tweeted.

Nigeria more divided today than pre-civil war era —Atiku In AWKA—FORMER Vice President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday described Nigeria as a nation at a crossroad because her people elected a president in 2015 who had succeeded in dividing them. Addressing Anambra PDP delegates to the forthcoming presidential primaries of the party in Awka, Atiku urged Nigerians to unite to ensure that All Progressives Congress, APC, does not return to power in 2019. He said: “Our country is at a cross road. I have never seen this country so divided than it is today. We are more divided as a country today simply because we mistakenly elected a president who has succeeded in dividing us the more. “I saw the pre- civil war days, the civil war days and the post civil war days, but I have never seen Nigeria as divided. Under this government, Nigeria is more divided than the way it was during the N

Atiku Abubakar  His visit to Anambra State yesterday shared on his Twitter handle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Atiku Abubakar one of the presidential Aspirants of People’s Democratic Power  ( PDP) from the the north East on his familiar visit to the people of Anambra , one of the south Eastern states yesterday and he  visited the  OBI of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu. CFR. He twitted  I quote                                                                                                    “ it was  pleasure stopping over in the great commercial city of Onitsha to pay my courtesies and receive the royal blessing of Agbogidi, His Royal  Majesty, Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, CFR.”