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The Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria has said it is important to drive the growth of the insurance industry through favourable policies and cooperation in order to harness its full potential. The new President of the Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria, Diipo Olarewaju, said this at his investiture ceremony, while presenting his acceptance speech as the 13th president of ILAN in Lagos. He stressed the importance of collaboration between the insurance… Read the full article here

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Usama Abubakar, at Okada Junction, in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, also said the corpses of three people that were killed by suspected herders in the Sobe community, in the Owan West Local Government Area of the state, on March 4, were recovered. He said,… Read the full article here

Was. Is. Will. The spellbinding sight of the throne would blush King Solomon green with envy. With a grin, the elephant walked majestically towards the throne, swishing his tail as its tree-trunk legs embossed map-like footprints in the brown earth. He clambered up to the throne, turned around, made a throaty sound of satisfaction with his skyward trunk, and lowered his bulk into the baited throne, tumbling down the covered pit underneath. Many traps don’t bear… Read the full article here

Conrad Utaan, a Peoples Democratic Party member in Benue State, filed a suit that led to the stepping aside of the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. In this interview with JOHN CHARLES, he explains why he filed the suit and the reasons for the party’s defeat in the state Why did you file the suit against Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu? I am a card-carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party, and I have paid my dues to the party… Read the full article here

The lack of regulation of conformity assessment activities over the years has adversely affected industries, according to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. This was stated by SON’s Director-General, Mallam Farouk Salim, at the National Register for Conformity Assessment Practitioners stakeholders’ engagement in Lagos on Thursday. He said weak regulations were largely caused by poor protection of genuine practitioners from the negative impacts of unhealthy… Read the full article here

…now 15th most expensive team in world In the latest financial rankings of national teams released by transfermarkt, Super Eagles witnessed a massive rise in the squad market value, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The rise in the squad market value saw the three-time African champions move up two steps and now ranked the 13th most valuable international team globally, while also cementing its position in Africa as the most valuable team on the continent. The Eagles… Read the full article here

Herve Renard has been appointed to lead the France women’s team at the Women’s World Cup after stepping down from his role as manager of Saudi Arabia. France were looking for a new boss after sacking Corinne Diacre just four months before the tournament kicks off.Frenchman Renard, who led the Saudis to a famous win over Argentina at the men’s World Cup in November, has signed a contract to August 2024. Women’s World Cup’I can no longer endorse the current system’ – France captain… Read the full article here

Every so often I receive one of these bizarre little computers that Asus has done in collaboration with someone or other, and my senses are ever so slightly overwhelmed. They made one with an animated exploding head on the lid. There was one that turned into a DJ deck. There was one covered in dogs. But this latest release — the ROG Flow Z13 ACRNM — might be the wackiest one yet to cross my desk. There is no discernible theme, rhyme, or reason to it. It is pure chaos, top to bottom…. Read the full article here

A top Federal Reserve official has said she expects the US central bank to implement one more quarter-point rate rise in its battle against high inflation, despite lingering concerns about the stability of the banking system.Susan Collins, president of the Boston Fed, on Thursday said inflation across the country remains too high, arguing there is “more work to do” to get it back to the central bank’s 2 per cent target.“I currently anticipate some modest additional policy… Read the full article here

The Ethereum Foundation has announced April 12 as the date of deployment of the much-anticipated Shanghai and Capella upgrade, together dubbed as Shapella.The upgrades will enable withdrawals from Ethereum 2.0 staking contracts. The staking contract was first launched in December 2020. It only accepted one-way deposits of Ether(ETH), which will change after the upgrade.To date, users have deposited over 18 million ETH, worth around $32.5 billion, into the Ethereum staking contract since… Read the full article here