[News] Good Morning Nigeria: Welcome To Roqwebblog Roundup Of Top 11 Nigerian News Headlines Today, Thursday, September 27th.

Good morning Nigeria And Welcome to Roqwebblog Roundup of top 10 Nigerian News Headlines Today,  Thursday, September 27th.

1. OsunDecides2018: Concise Election Monitoring Room/Live Reports

We shall be bringing to you live reports across the four local government areas where the rerun of the Osun governorship election will be held as electorates troop out today, September 27, to decide the winner of the poll between the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, and his APC counterpart, Gboyega Oyetola.

2. Labour To Proceed On Strike As Meeting With FG Ends In Deadlock

Federal Government’s late move to prevent the organised labour from embarking on a planned nationwide strike has failed. Concise News learned that a meeting between a government delegation, led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday ended in a deadlock. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, insisted that labour would proceed with the warning strike from Wednesday midnight.

3. FG To Reconvene Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee Oct. 4

The Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage will reconvene on October 4, to conclude its negotiation process, as demanded by organised labour, the Federal Government has said. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of organised labour on Wednesday in Abuja.

4. PDP’s Adeleke Declares Self ‘Governor-Elect’ Ahead Of Osun Rerun

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last Saturday’s Osun state governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, has declared himself the governor-elect of the southwest state. Adeleke said in an interview with the BBC that the people of the state were robbed of their votes. The senator said this was not new in Nigeria, citing the annulled June 12, 1993 elections, as an example.

5. Adeleke Writes Diplomatic Missions, Cries Out Over Threat To His life

Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election, has written a letter to diplomatic missions in Nigeria, informing them that his life is under threat. According to a statement by the spokesperson of his campaign, Olawale Rasheed, the Senator also informed the missions of a clampdown on his supporters ahead of Thursday’s supplementary election.

6. OsunDecides2018: Omisore, SDP Agree To Support APC

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Osun governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has agreed to work for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Thursday’s rerun election. The former deputy governor stated that the decision to work with the APC was based on the condition he gave earlier for his support.

7. Osun Rerun: SDP Chairman Distances Self From Omisore’s Pronouncement

National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olu Falae, has distanced himself from the pronouncement made by its candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Concise News had reported earlier that the Senator had agreed to work with the ruling APC ahead of Thursday’s rerun election. Reacting to Omisore’s statement, Falae, who made this known during an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, said he “was not consulted” by Omisore before the former deputy governor took the decision.

8. Egmont Group Lifts Ban On Nigeria

The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units has lifted its suspension of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), during its 25th plenary in Sidney, Australia on Wednesday. The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Kayode Oladele, who confirmed the lifting of the suspension, said it was announced at the ongoing plenary in Australia after Nigerian authorities fulfilled the requirements.

9. Fiba World Cup: D’Tigress Reach Quarter-Finals After Late Scare

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have become the first African side to reach the quarter-finals of the Fiba World Cup after beating Greece on Wednesday in a tension-soaked knock-out game. The Nigerian ladies won the thrilling game 57-56 after responding to a late fight back from the Europeans who had taken the lead after trailing the African champions in three quarters. After securing their third straight win at the competition, the team coached by Otis Hughley’s will take on heavyweights United States in the last eight.

10. An Umuahia High Court in Abia State and presided over by Honourable Justice C. U. 

Okoroafor, Tuesday, granted an order setting aside the executives at the Ward, Local Government, Zonal and State levels of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia State Chapter.

The court further restrained APGA, their agents, party men, servants, privies or any other person or persons acting on their behalf from implementing or giving effect to all decisions, directives and activities pertaining to the running of the affairs of APGA in Abia State.

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