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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