Aymeric Laporte’s return to training has given Manchester City a huge boost ahead of their Champions League last 16 tie with Real Madrid next month, but Pep Guardiola is wary of rushing the French defender back into action. Laporte suffered knee ligament damage in August and his presence has been badly missed as City’s Premier […]

The Akwa Ibom state government has paid arrears of various entitlements to 4, 461 civil servants – both retired and serving – in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, report has shown.

Iranian and Ukrainian officials have begun investigating the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran, Iran’s aviation authority said on Friday. The investigation is coming amid mounting claims that the jet was shot down by an Iranian missile. All 176 people on board the Ukrainian International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737 airliner died when it crashed […]

The police on Friday arraigned one Oguntola Adisa in an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro-Abeokuta, of N2.7 million. Adisa, who resides at No. 7, Olupeju Avenue, Obada Oko, is facing a three-count charge of fraud, stealing and conspiracy. The Prosecutor, Insp Olu-Balogun […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, Friday, inaugurated the state public service negotiating team for the implementation of the new minimum wage. The inauguration, which took place at the Conference Room of the deputy governor, Governor’s Office, Calabar, was performed by the deputy governor, Professor Ivara Esu, who represented […]