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Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raphaël Varane and Luka Modric have been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 2018, which was announced at The Best Awards ceremony in London.  Sergio Ramos 's inclusion means that he has now made the cut on nine occasions after making the line-up in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.  Marcelo  features for the fifth time in his career, after making the grade in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017, whilst  Modric  makes the team for a fourth successive year (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). As for Varane, this is the first time that he has been recognised with a place in the FIFA FIFPro World11 2018. The rest of the line-up is made up by: David De Gea, Dani Alves, N'Golo Kanté, Eden Hazard, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ramos: "This is a reward for the sacrifices, effort and determination" "This award is a reward for the sacrifices, effort and determination and the hours you spend away from the family. It's a

The judiciary in Anambra State has warned that it would not tolerate any act of intimidation, threats and harassment on its members. Prof Ilochi Okafor(San) delivered the warning on Monday during a special court session at the Anambra Judiciary headquarters to mark the commencement of the 2018/2019 legal year in the state. Okafor who spoke as a senior member of the bar, while delivering his address, condemned recent acts if intimidation on judicial officers in the state by senior police officers, and members of the public, including politicians. He said: "Threats, killings and physical assault are serious threats of the judiciary. "Most of our colleagues have passed through  this several times in Anambra, and we must not let this continue to happen." Okafor cited instances of a Judge in the state who was threatened "through a verifiable phone number" yet the police did nothing about it, while the same judge was

Fifteen years after the liquidation of  Nigeria Airways, the federal government on Monday approved N22.68 billion for the ex-workers of the defunct national carrier. President Muhammadu Buhari has also directed that the sum of N20 billion be released immediately to the public universities for a revitalisation scheme. The Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed,, communicated Buhari's directive on Monday at a meeting with the ex- workers of the liquidated carrier and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) The approval came after the former Airways workers staged a  protest last Tuesday at the entrance of the Ministry of Finance headquartered, a day after resumption of office of the new minister. The minister, who  addressed the protesting ex- workers, empathised with them, and promised  to take up the issue. Speaking in Abuja on Monday while meeting with the ex-workers, she said: "Upon my resumption of office as the Minister of

One of the gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressive Congress (APC)  in Bauchi State, Mohammed Ali Pate, on Monday warned that unless the party leadership did the needful by allowing the teeming members of the party to choose who will be the flag bearer in the 2019 general election in the state, what is happening to the party in the Osun State gubernatorial election will be but a child's play just as he declared that he is not a party to any pact in the state governorship race.  Addressing a press conference at the NUJ Press Center, Bauchi,, Pate opined that the best solution to the lingering crisis in the party in the state is for the leadership of the party to allow every card carrying member of the party to participate in the primary election through the direct system because according to him, "anything other than that will spell doom for the party in Bauchi state'.  The gubernatorial aspirant further cautioned that the APC should lear

When President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in May, France’s ambassador to the United Nations lamented what he called the coming of “a new world disorder.” America had resigned its role as “a last resort enforcer of international order,” the ambassador, François Delattre said, and there was little France or any other country could do about it. Since then, the United States has moved still deeper into going it alone at the United Nations, withdrawing from some important agencies and defunding others. Still, the United States remains by far the biggest single financial contributor to the global organization. But the Trump administration also has pursued what it calls an America First agenda that critics, among them close allies, say has exacerbated crises. They also say Mr. Trump’s actions have contributed to a level of intractability in the Security Council, the most powerful United Nations body, not seen since the Cold War. For co

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday visited Anambra State, where he moved round parts of the state submerged by flood pledging federal government support. The vice president who visited internally displaced people who were parking their properties from their submerged homes betrayed emotions, while commiserating with the people over their plight. He announced the support of the government for the victims, stating its unending support in supplying food and  relief materials to the victims of flood disaster in the state. Osinbajo who visited Umueze Anam, Anambra West local government Area, said the federal government had declared the affected areas as natural disaster zones, saying it would deploy more federal resources to alleviate the plight of the people. He said: "I flew over those disaster areas and I witnessed the rise in water level, especially in Onitsha, Ogbaru, Awka North, Coscharis farm and other places. "W

 The federal government has commenced the payment of entitlements to 408 active staff and retirees/ Next-of Kin (NoK) of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)  who have been computed and audited by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). In a statement issued by its Head, Public Communications, Amina Tukur Othman, on Thursday, the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), which put the  entitlements at N1, 053,402,476.03, said its Director General, Mr. Alex A. Okoh, expressed delight that following the approval of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), chaired by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, the implementation is leading to the resolution of “this outstanding labour issue in the power sector privatisation.” According to him,  the current milestone in the  resolution and settlement of the outstanding labour liabilities became possible after the Bureau on March 27, 2018, constituted a Technical Working Grou