Organised labour has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from the 16^th of October, if the federal government fails to reconvene the meeting of the committee negotiating the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage.

 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at a meeting with the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council in Abuja, warned that labour would not guarantee industrial peace in the country if their demands were not met by government.

 In a statement jointly signed by NLC President, AYUBA WABBA, his TUC counterpart, QUADRI OLALEYE and Acting Chairman of JNPSNC,SIMON ANCHAVER, the union leaders saidlabour had all along demonstrated restraint and patience with government.

Lagos state governor, BABAJIDE SANWOOLU has been giving explanations on the delay by his government in fixing the bad roads across the metropolis.

The Governor was speaking at a forum in Iganmu area of the state said government is committed to fixing the roads but only constrained by the poor weather.

According to Governor BABAJIDE SANWOOLU, solution to the traffic problem in the state is intermodal transportation system.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI will today proceed to South Africa on a three-day State Visit.

The visit, at the instance of President CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, will discuss the welfare of Nigerians and find common grounds for building harmonious relations between their citizens.

It comes against the background of recent xenophobic attacks, the evacuation of hundreds of Nigerians and the exchange of visits by Special Envoys of Presidents BUHARI and RAMAPHOSA.

Meanwhile, President MUHAMMADU BUHARI is expected to present the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly next week.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, House of Representatives, UMAR EL-YAKUB, confirmed this in Abuja.

Senator AHMED LAWAN, the Senate President, and FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, Speaker of the House of Representatives, had both expressed confidence that the Presidency would submit the 2020 budget in September, thereby allowing both chambers of the legislature to have enough time to scrutinize and approve it before December.