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                          The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said on Tuesday that Governor Rauf Aregbesola had approved the payment of December 2014 salary for workers in the state. Adekomi, who said this at a press conference he addressed after a meeting with the government delegation, led by the Chief of Staff, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, added that the governor also approved the payment of the 30 per cent balance of November salaries of some workers who were yet to be paid in full. The NLC boss, however, said that workers would not suspend their strike action despite the payment of their one month salary out of seven months. The Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, also confirmed that workers had started receiving bank alerts for the balance of November and December 2014 salaries. He said this in response to an inquiry earlier sent to him by our corresponden...

                                        No fewer than 113 people died on Tuesday after an Indonesian air force C-130 plane crashed into a building in city of Medan, on the northern island of Sumatra. Twelve crew members and 101 passengers, comprising military personnel and their relatives, were reportedly on board of the aircraft. No sooner than the plane took off from an air force base in neighbourhood when it lost control, crashed on the buildings and went up in flames. The plane was said to be heading for Tanjung Pinang in Sumatra. The military spokesman, Fuad Basya, told Al Jazeera that the plane took off at around midday local time from an air force base carrying military equipment and crashed in the city about two minutes later, about 5 kilometres from the base. Police chief of Medan city, Mardiaz Dwihananto, said several bodies had been recovered from the w...

                               Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the Nigerian Navy, like other stakeholders, should be part of the efforts to rid the state of crime. The governor, according to a statement on Tuesday, spoke during a courtesy visit to the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Usman Jibrin, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja. Ambode stated that the call became imperative due to the spate of robbery attacks in Lagos State, which started a week into his administration. The governor added that the need for the full involvement of the navy in the fight against crime informed his audience with the Chief of Naval Staff. ADVERTISEMENT He said, “Lagos State is the commercial hub of the country. The state is therefore strategic and cannot be allowed to become a breeding ground for criminals.” The governor recalled that some robbers struck at two different banks in th...