lagos—The Federal Government, yesterday, ordered recall of the second tranche of the London and Paris Club Refunds disbursed to five states, amounting to about $2.7 billion (N972 billion.)

INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that organised labour will, Thursday, commence a nationwide strike to force the Federal Government to announce its figure and ensure the completion of work on the new national minimum wage.

CALABAR—A wonder bank, operating under the name,  Micheno Multipurpose Cooperative Society, MMCS, has defrauded over 13,000 people to the tune of N27 billion in Cross River State.

High-wire political intrigues by chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to outsmart one another ahead of Thursday’s governorship re-run in selected polling units in Osun State were yesterday unfolding.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is heading to court to quash what it called the illegal declaration of the September 22, 2018 Osun governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Ahead of Thursday’s re-run election to conclude the governorship election in Osun State, both leaders of the All Progressives Congress APC and the People’s Democratic Party PDP are soliciting for the support of Senator Iyiola Omisore.

Following the declaration of the Saturday’s Osun gubernatorial election as inconclusive and the scheduling of re-run on  27 September by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , the senate president and presidential aspirant for the forthcoming 2019 presidential election, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Monday stormed the home of Sen. Iyiola Omisore of SPD to talk things out about the re-run.

The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr Pally Iriase, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleged anti-party activities.

Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki on Moday went to Ile Ife were he met with Senator Iyiola Omisore the Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate in the Saturday Osun election.

Following the impasse occasioned by Saturday’s inconclusive gubernatorial election in Osun state, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has taken some smart steps to have the front runner and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke emerge winner of the electoral contest.

Senator Iyiola Omisore the Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate in the Saturday Osun election has said that: ‘Our people’s votes have again been manipulated through vote buying, and exploitation of the hunger in our land.

AFTER a very testy   and keen election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, declared  as inconclusive, 3, 498 voters drawn from seven polling units across four local councils, will on September 27 determine the winner of the Osun State governorship election.

As President Muhammadu Buhari deplanes in New York this morning, he possibly will have an unusual gait. The bearing of electoral invisibility which had trailed his way since his emergence was given a direct poke in the country he left behind yesterday.

choosing the gubernatorial candidate for the next election.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday urged the Independent National Electoral Election, INEC, not to deny the party it divine win not as it equally urged INEC to declare its candidate Ademola Adeleke, winner of the election.