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Workers in Osun State have declared a fresh strike barely 24 hours after the suspension of a previous two-month industrial action. It was gathered that the labour leaders declared the strike after discovering that only 50 per cent of salaries were paid to Grade Level 8 and above workers.

Photo: HRW The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it had succeeded in jamming the transmission signals of Radio Biafra, which had been operating illegally from an unknown location. Dr Yemi Folasade-Esan, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information, stated this while speaking with State House correspondents after he had briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the ministry.

A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday The victim, Kebbeh Kollie, lived near the capital, Monrovia. She was the sister of Cassius Kollie, one of five Ebola cases discovered in neighbouring Margibi County, where the disease re-emerged after a seven-week lull.

Done deal: Robin van Persie has joined Fenerbahce for £4.7m Robin van Persie snubbed Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal as he spoke of his thanks after completing a move away from Old Trafford on Tuesday. Van Persie, who insists he bears no ill-feeling towards Manchester United for selling him, was unveiled as a Fenerbahce player at a press conference at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul.

•Promises to assist in fighting terrorism SPAIN has said it spent about 6.5 billion euros last year to BUY oil and gas from Nigeria. Its Ambassador to Nigeria, Alfonso Sebastian de Erice, who visited to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Speaker Yakubu Dogara at the National Assembly, pledged his country’s commitment to assisting Nigeria in its fight against terrorism.

The Federal Government has declared July 17 and 20, 2015, as public holidays to mark id-el-fitr sallah celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, who made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja, enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan, which include love, peace and sacrifice to the development of the nation.

The UN has said the world can end the AIDS epidemic within 15 years, but senior officials said that would only be possible by breaking the pharmaceutical industries “tight grip” on government policies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said reaching the goal would be difficult but achievable in a report released in Ethiopia on Tuesday.